TRUJILLO v. COX

No. 7881.

403 P.2d 696 (1965)

75 N.M. 257

Roman TRUJILLO, Petitioner, v. Harold A. COX, Warden of the New Mexico State Penitentiary, Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Roberts, Santa Fe, for petitioner.

Harry S. Connelly, Jr., Sp. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

The petitioner, Roman Trujillo, seeks his release upon the ground that he was not given a preliminary hearing nor bound over by the juvenile court to await the action of the district court and that, accordingly, the district court was without jurisdiction and its commitment is void.

When petitioner was 17 years of age, he was charged with murder by a petition filed in the juvenile court of San Miguel County on January 31, 1958. The record is completely...

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