STATE v. THORNTON

No. 56.

196 S.E.2d 701 (1973)

283 N.C. 513

STATE of North Carolina v. Douglas THORNTON.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 1, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Morgan, Atty. Gen., R. S. Weathers, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State of North Carolina, appellant.

Loflin, Anderson, Loflin & Goldsmith by Thomas F. Loflin, III, Durham, for defendant appellee.


HUSKINS, Justice:

Before pleading to the charges contained in the bills of indictment, defendant moved that both cases be remanded to the district court for a preliminary hearing. Denial of this motion constitutes defendant's first assignment of error.

Defendant asks this Court to reexamine prior decisions holding that a preliminary hearing is not an essential prerequisite to a valid indictment. He argues that a mandatory preliminary hearing prior to indictment...

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