State v. Morales

John Morales was charged by complaint on December 30, 1995, with assault upon a sports official, a misdemeanor, in violation of § 45-5-211, MCA. Morales was tried by a jury in the Daniels County Justice Court and was found guilty. Morales appealed this conviction to the District Court. Prior to trial in the District Court, counsel for Morales filed a motion for a continuance and a motion to withdraw as counsel. The Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Daniels County, allowed Morales’s counsel to withdraw but denied the motion to continue. A District Court jury heard the case de novo pursuant to…