Trujillo v. Cox

The petitioner, Roman Trujillo, seeks his release upon the ground that he was not given a preliminary hearing nor bound over by' the juvenile court to await the action of the district court and that, accordingly, the district court was without jurisdiction and its commitment-is void.

When petitioner was 17 years of age, he was charged with murder by a petition filed in the juvenile court of San Miguel County on January 31, 1958. The record is completely silent as to any further proceedings in that court. We note from the district court records that a criminal complaint was filed on February…