State v. Edmonson

Defendant appealed his convictions of attempted murder and of illegal possession of a weapon, ORS 166.270, on several grounds, including denial of his request for a preliminary hearing after indictment. Upon affirmance by the Court of Appeals, defendant filed a petition for review limited to this denial of a preliminary hearing, and we granted review. We affirm the judgment.

Defendant contends that to refuse an indicted defendant the procedural advantages of a preliminary hearing that are available to defendants prosecuted upon a district attorney’s information denies him equal privileges or…