wrong but review the court's application of the law to those facts de novo.
Lader v. Warden, 121 Nev. 682, 686, 120 P.3d 1164, 1166 (2005). Here,
the district court conducted an evidentiary hearing and heard testimony
from Gonzalez and one of the two attorneys who represented him at trial.
The district court found that Gonzalez failed to demonstrate that trial
counsel were deficient or prejudice. See Strickland v. Washington, 466
U.S. 668, 687-88, 694 (1984); Kirksey v. State, 112 Nev. 980, 987, 923 P.2d
1102, 1107 (1996); see also Cullen v. Pinholster, 563 U.S. „ 131 S.
Ct. 1388, 1408 (2011) ("Surmounting Strickland's high bar is never an
easy task." (quotation marks omitted) (alteration omitted)). We conclude
that the district court's findings are supported by substantial evidence, see
Riley v. State, 110 Nev. 638, 647, 878 P.2d 272, 278 (1994), and the district
court did not err by rejecting Gonzalez's ineffective-assistance claims.
Accordingly, we
ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.
C.J.
Gibbons
J.
Pickering
cc: Hon. Elissa F. Cadish, District Judge
Terrence M. Jackson
Attorney General/Carson City
Clark County District Attorney
Eighth District Court Clerk
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