In State v. Bass, 280 N.C. 435, 186 S.E.2d 384 (1972), the North Carolina Supreme Court was presented with similar facts. The victim in Bass did not attempt to identify one of her attackers prior to a preliminary hearing. She saw one of the defendants for the first time after her attack when she walked into the courtroom for the preliminary hearing. She testified that she recognized the defendant "as soon as I came into the room. He was seated over on one side of the room against the wall." Id. at 452, 186 S.E.2d at 395-96. The trial court in Bass held that this procedure was not impermissibly suggestive, and the Supreme Court agreed stating that nothing in the record indicated "that the preliminary hearing was rigged for the purposes of identifying the defendant." Id. at 452, 186 S.E.2d at 395. Further the Court held Her positive in-court identification of defendant suffices to carry the case to the jury. The fact that she failed to identify him from photographs and the fact that there were discrepancies and contradictions in her testimony at the preliminary hearing, if such there were, goes to the weight rather than the competency of the testimony and is thus a matter to be considered by the jury. Id. at 452, 186 S.E.2d at 396.