This is an appeal by defendant Joe Willie Johnson from a judgment convicting him of rape and burglary. His sole contention on appeal is that he had a constitutional right to represent himself at the preliminary hearing and that the denial of this right requires a reversal of the judgment of conviction. The case is one of first impression.
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