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WAUGH v. STATE

564 S.W.2d 654 (1978)

Elijah WAUGH, Petitioner, v. STATE of Tennessee, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

April 18, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Cassell, Memphis, for petitioner.

Jack E. Seaman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for respondent; Brooks McLemore, Jr., Atty. Gen., Nashville, of counsel.

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

In this criminal case, which is before the Court in two separate appeals, we deal with recurring problems of interpretation and application of our preliminary hearing statutes.

After the defendant Waugh's arrest on March 13, 1975, he was formally charged in a warrant with the offense of robbery with a deadly weapon and on March 14, 1975, was brought before the city court of Memphis for a preliminary hearing. Upon the defendant...

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