State v. James

OPINION

WALDO SPIESS, Judge, Court of Appeals.

This action originated in a justice of the peace court of Lea County upon three criminal complaints against appellant. Each complaint charges a petty misdemeanor and respectively accuses appellant of assault, resisting arrest and reckless driving. The justice found appellant guilty upon each complaint, and an appeal was thereupon perfected to the district court. Before trial in the district court, appellant requested and obtained an order consolidating the three complaints for trial. He likewise made demand for a bill of particulars and trial by…