Merchant v. State

THOMAS, Justice.

The primary effort of Thomas Merchant (Merchant) in this case is to have all charges against him dismissed because of a claimed violation of the anti-shuttling provision of the Agreement on Detainers. In addition, he claims as error the giving of an instruction which, he argues, had the effect of structuring a mandatory presumption for the jury with respect to the intent that certain checks charged as fraudulent would not be paid. Merchant also contends that his motion for judgment of acquittal should have been granted as to certain counts because the evidence did not satisfy…