People v. Garcia

Opinion by

JUDGE GRAHAM

T1 Defendant, Johnnie Nicholas Garcia, appeals the order of the district court concluding it had jurisdiction to accept his guilty plea. We are called upon to decide whether the failure to include a statement of good cause with the refiling of felony criminal charges in county court pursuant to Crim. P. 5(a)(4)(VII) presents a jurisdictional bar to prosecution of a defendant. Under the circumstances here, we conclude that the statement of good cause is a procedural requirement that does not implicate the court's subject matter jurisdiction, and, therefore, defendant's…