What is probable cause for commitment by a magistrate?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Miles & Sons Trucking Service, Inc., 257 Cal.App.2d 697, 65 Cal.Rptr. 465 (Cal. App. 1968):

Probable cause for commitment by a magistrate is shown 'if there is some rational ground for assuming the possibility that an offense has been committed and the accused is guilty of it'; or, stated otherwise, 'if a man of ordinary caution or prudence would be led to believe and conscientiously entertain a strong suspicion of the guilt of the accused.' (Bompensiero v. Superior Court, 44 Cal.2d 178, 183--184, 281 P.2d 250, 254.)

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