State v. Sutton

MORRIS, Judge.

When these cases were called to trial, defendant moved to quash the indictments in No. 75CR10425 and No. 75CR10424 on the grounds that he had not been given a probable-cause hearing on those charges. In his first assignment of error, de*699fendant contends that the trial judge erred in failing to quash the indictments.

Prior to the adoption of the Pretrial Criminal Procedure Act (Chapter 15A of the General Statutes), the State could properly try a defendant on a bill of indictment without the benefit of a preliminary hearing. State v. Vick, 287 N.C. 37, 213 S.E. 2d 335 (1975); State…