City of Nevada v. Middleton

Duane James Middleton was charged in the Nevada Municipal Court with failure to *663obey the reasonable request of a police officer in violation of a Nevada city ordinance. Upon trial in municipal court he was found guilty and punishment of $100 fine and ten days’ imprisonment assessed. The defendant appealed to the Vernon County Circuit Court. On a jury trial of the charge on February 19,1976, the defendant was found guilty. The jury could not agree upon the punishment. The court gave defendant, who had represented himself, ten days to file a motion for new trial. No motion was filed. On March…