Robinson v. State

Defendant (Appellant) was convicted in a trial by jury of murder in the first degree. 1 He was sentenced to life imprisonment. His appeal presents four alleged errors for our determination:(1) The overruling of his plea in abatement predicated upon a lack of a judicial determination of probable cause for the issuance of the arrest warrant.(2) The denial of his constitutional right to counsel at his preliminary hearing and the right to an effective preliminary hearing, with the right to call witnesses and to cross-examine the state’s witnesses, at the conclusion of which hearing he was bound…