# State v. Anderson

> Utah Supreme Court · May 29, 1980 · 612 P.2d 778

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9847809

## Case

- **Full name:** The STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Roger ANDERSON and Thomas E. Brackenbury, Defendants and Appellants
- **Court:** Utah Supreme Court
- **Decided:** May 29, 1980
- **Citations:** 612 P.2d 778; 1980 Utah LEXIS 964
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Hall
- **Judges:** Maughan, Crockett, Hall, Wilkins, Stewart
- **Cited by:** 56 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Overruled by State v. Clark, 414 Utah Adv. Rep. 10 (2001).
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9847809

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- recognizing the ancillary benefits of the preliminary hearing
- explaining history of preliminary examinations
- discussing importance of preliminary hearing

## Opinion text

HALL, Justice
(concurring in result):
I concur in the disposition of the appeal, but reserve judgment on the constitutional issue discussed in the main opinion since it is not essential to the decision in this case. 1
. See Hoyle v. Monson, Utah, 606 P.2d 240 (1980), see also, Heathman v. Giles, 13 Utah 2d 368 , 374 P.2d 839 (1966).

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