People v. Meredith

The defendant, Major Meredith, was convicted of burglary by a jury in the circuit court of Jefferson County.

The first issue defendant raises on appeal is whether the defendant’s conviction must be reversed where he was not afforded a preliminary hearing for 204 days. The information was filed on August 21,1978. The case was set for trial three times. After the jury was impaneled, defense counsel brought to the court’s attention the fact that defendant had neither had a preliminary hearing nor had he been arraigned. The court put the jury in the jury room, conducted a preliminary hearing,…