People v. Stirewalt

Edward Stirewalt was arrested on January 26, 1968, and charged with carrying a concealed weapon. A preliminary examination was conducted in the municipal court for the city of Flint, and the defendant was bound over to Genesee county circuit court. On May 2, 1968, the court, ruling on defendant’s motion to quash the information, dismissed the case on the ground that the weapon was not concealed. From this dismissal the prosecutor appeals.

All that the examining magistrate need find at the preliminary hearing is that an offense has been committed, and that there is probable cause that the…