What is the test for committing an accused person to stand trial?
Manitoba, Canada
The following excerpt is from R v J.M.C., 2015 MBPC 38 (CanLII):
A judge is required to commit the accused person to stand trial in any case in which there is admissible evidence which could, if it were believed, result in conviction. (The United States of America v. Sheppard 1976 CanLII 8 (SCC), [1977] 2 S.C.R. 1067)
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