William Weir v. State of Arkansas

How courts have described this case

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• noting that Hamilton applied to only “some forms of arraignment” and “Hamilton denominated the arraignment stage in Alabama critical because defenses not asserted at that stage might be forever lost” (emphasis added)
• recognizing limitations on the use of preliminary hearings for discovery and impeachment purposes
• right to counsel at preliminary hearing not given retroactive effect
• provision of counsel at a 6 preliminary hearing
• right to counsel at preliminary hearing
• plurality opinion of BRENNAN, J.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).