State v. Greene

BRANCH, Justice.

Defendants assign as error the denial of their motions for preliminary hearings upon warrants and bills of indictment charging each of them with kidnapping, conspiracy to commit murder and murder.

Whether an accused is entitled to a preliminary hearing as a matter of right was considered in the case of State v. Hargett, 255 N.C. 412, 121 S.E. 2d 589. There, Justice Moore speaking for the Court stated:

“ . . . A preliminary hearing is not an essential prerequisite to the finding of an indictment in this jurisdiction. ‘We have no statute requiring a preliminary hearing, nor does…