CULLEN, Commissioner.
Paul Banton appeals from a judgment which overruled, without a hearing, his motion under RCr 11.42 to vacate a judgment of 1962 under which he is serving an eight-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter. The sole ground on which he sought relief was that he was not given a preliminary hearing, between arrest and indictment. In the absence of a showing of prejudice this is not a ground for relief under RCr 11.42. See Commonwealth v. Watkins,...
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