MEYER v. JONES

No. 16640.

749 P.2d 93 (1988)

106 N.M. 708

Kenneth L. MEYER, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Honorable George JONES, Judge of the Metropolitan Court, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied February 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hal Stratton, Atty. Gen., Tony Tupler, Tracy Hughes, Asst. Attys. Gen., Santa Fe, for appellant.

Kenneth S. McDaniel, Albuquerque, for appellee.


OPINION

WALTERS, Justice.

Kenneth L. Meyer, charged in the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court with a first offense of driving while under the influence of an intoxicating liquor, demanded a jury trial. The respondent, Judge Jones, denied the request for a jury trial, and defendant petitioned the district court for an alternative writ of mandamus to compel a trial by jury or to prohibit the lower court from proceeding to trial before the petition could...

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