LAS VEGAS—A prosecutor in Las Vegas told a judge Tuesday that a man jailed after police found the severed head and body parts of an acquaintance in the truck he was driving has prior felony and federal criminal convictions dating to the 1980s in states including California, Texas, and Nevada. Eric Holland stood in court flanked by heavily armed security guards and an attorney temporarily appointed to his case for a brief hearing at which a Las Vegas judge ordered him held without bail pending another court appearance next week. Justice of the Peace Harmony Letizia set a preliminary hearing of evidence for Jan. 27. Holland, 57, was not asked to enter a plea to the murder charge against him, and his attorney, Deputy Public Defender Sarah Hawkins, declined outside court to comment on his behalf. Prosecutor Giancarlo Pesci listed Holland’s three-state criminal history under names including Eric John Holland …