Ex Parte Knight

OPINION

TAFT, Justice.

Appellant, Darryll Knight, appeals the trial court’s denial of the relief requested in his pretrial petition for writ of habeas corpus. This case addresses the effect of a justice court’s dismissal of a complaint upon a defendant’s right to obtain a dismissal with prejudice in district court for delay by the State in presenting an indictment or information. We affirm.

Summary of Facts

By complaint filed in the justice of the peace court, appellant was alleged to have committed the felony offense of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud in September 1993. The complaint…