What is sufficient cause for a judge to find a defendant guilty of assault?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Polos v. Superior Court In and For City and County of San Francisco, 175 Cal.App.2d 210, 345 P.2d 981 (Cal. App. 1959):
"Sufficient cause' and 'reasonable or probable cause' mean such a state of facts as would lead a man of ordinary caution or prudence to believe and conscientiously entertain a strong suspicion of the guilt of the accused * * *.' Rogers v. Superior Court, 46 Cal.2d 3, 7-8, 291 P.2d 929, 932.
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