Moorhead v. State of Texas

OPINION

GRANT, Justice.

Norman Moorhead appeals pro se from a conviction for operating an unregistered motor vehicle in cause number 96-M-078 in the Fifth District Court of Cass County. Moor-head was originally tried and found guilty by a jury in Justice Court, Precinct One, Place One, in Cass County.

This case was consolidated at trial with several other misdemeanor cases which were heard originally in Justice Court in Cass County. The jury convicted Moorhead in each of those eases. Because Cass County has no county court which hears appeals or conducts trials, appeal de novo was taken to the…