State v. Humphrey

DURHAM, Justice:

Petitioners Vaughn Humphrey, Harry Jamar Gordan, and Bruce Mathews are criminal defendants in unrelated felony cases pending in the district courts of this state. A circuit court judge acting as a magistrate bound each defendant over for trial in district court. Each defendant then moved the district court to quash the bind-over order. In each case, the district court denied the motion, holding that it lacked jurisdiction to quash bindover orders. Each defendant filed an interlocutory appeal with the Utah Court of Appeals. That court affirmed the district court rulings. State…