PER CURIAM.
The State of Tennessee appeals from a judgment of the district court granting habeas corpus relief to the petitioner McKeldin. The question in the case is whether the absence of counsel at a preliminary hearing on a felony charge requires automatic reversal, or whether this admitted denial of a constitutional right may be held harmless error. We conclude that the constitutional infringement disclosed in this case is subject to a harmless error analysis...
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