State v. Robinson

— Defendant was convicted of rape, robbery and assault in the first degree. The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.

Defendant makes three assignments of error.

First: “Due process of law requires a preliminary hearing as prerequisite to an information charging a felony.”

This court has rejected defendant’s first contention on numerous occasions. In re Pennington v. Smith, 35 Wn. (2d) 267, 270, 212 P. (2d) 811 (1949) is dispositive of defendant’s first assignment of error. The court said:

“. . . Where, however, the prosecutor elects to proceed independently, he is not required to invoke…