State v. Hutcheson

MILLER, Chief Justice:

James Dale Hutcheson appeals his three burglary convictions which occurred in the Circuit Court of Mingo County. He assigns as error the trial court’s refusal to suppress his confession because of the delay in taking him to a magistrate. Complaint is also made that the trial court should have quashed his indictment because he was not accorded a preliminary hearing. A final contention is made that there was insufficient evidence to warrant his conviction. We conclude that none of these claims has merit, and we affirm the convictions.

The circumstances surrounding the…