State v. Hudson

BRANCH, Justice.

Defendant assigns as error the failure of the trial court to allow his motion to dismiss on the ground that he had been denied a probable cause hearing.

After defendant’s arrest on 4 March 1977, a probable cause hearing was scheduled to be held on 24 March 1977. The State was granted a one week continuance over defendant’s objection, and on 31 March 1977, the prosecution informed defendant that the case would be bound over to superior court and there would be no probable cause hearing. On 16 May 1977, the grand jury returned true bills of indictment upon which defendant was…