Court Opinion

ID: 9552249
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 19:07:10.115713+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:25:56.953664
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BUSSEY, Judge
(dissenting).
I must respectfully dissent from the opinion of my colleague, Judge Nix, for the reason that I feel the evidence of the State, when viewed in the strongest light, is suf*175ficient to establish that defendant and Morris were acting in concert in the sale of the marihuana. While I am in accord with the view that the prosecution should not be permitted to harass a defendant by the repeated filing of preliminary complaints after an examining magistrate has held the evidence insufficient, I am of the further opinion that in treating the magistrate’s dismissal as a final order binding on all other magistrates unless the prosecution produces additional evidence, the order of dismissal should be an order reviewable on appeal to the District Court in much the same manner as a defendant has a right to test the sufficiency of evidence offered at preliminary examination by filing a Motion to Quash. In my opinion, the trial court, in reviewing such an order, would be vested with the authority to vacate the order of dismissal in the event that the District Judge is of the opinion that the evidence adduced at the preliminary hearing was sufficient to establish that a crime was committed and that there is prima facie probable cause to believe that the defendant is guilty.