Stabile v. Justice's Court of Las Vegas Township

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, C. J.:

We are requested to forever prohibit the Justice’s Court from conducting a preliminary hearing on a criminal complaint charging Stabile with the murder of Arnold Duarte. His petition for prohibition rests mainly on the contention that his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial was violated and, subordinately, upon the premise that it is not lawful for the State to proceed by criminal complaint, since he was previously charged by indictment which was later dismissed. It is our judgment that these contentions are not sound. Therefore, we deny prohibition.

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