Dawson v. State

A defendant, prior to the 1969 statute, G.S. 7A-451 (b) (4), did not have a right to an attorney at a preliminary hearing. State v. Gasque, 271 N.C. 323, 156 S.E. 2d 740 (1967), cert. denied, 390 U.S. 1030. This assignment of error is without merit.

It does not appear to this Court wherein the defendant has been prejudiced by the reduction of his sentence. The first sentence provided that the 3-year sentence for felonious assault was to begin at the end of a 5- to 7-year sentence for felonious breaking and entering. Thereafter, on motion of defendant’s counsel, a reduction was made in the…