What is the purpose of a preliminary hearing?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Lopez, 237 Cal.Rptr.3d 130, 26 Cal.App.5th 382 (Cal. App. 2018):
The purpose of the preliminary hearing is to determine whether a defendant should be bound over for trial and on what charges he or she is to be tried. ( People v. Esmaili (2013) 213 Cal.App.4th 1449, 1459, 153 Cal.Rptr.3d 625.) The evidence at the preliminary hearing was that Lopez maintained he formed no intent to
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