California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Love, 203 Cal.App.3d 1505, 251 Cal.Rptr. 6 (Cal. App. 1988):
The principles determining whether probable cause supports an information are well settled. "An information will not be set aside or a prosecution thereon prohibited if there is some rational ground for assuming the possibility that an offense has been committed and the accused is guilty of it. [Citations.]" (People v. Slaughter (1984) 35 Cal.3d 629, 637, 200 Cal.Rptr. 448, 677 P.2d 854.) "[A]lthough there must be some showing as to the existence of each element of the charged crime [citation] such a showing may be made by means of circumstantial evidence supportive of reasonable inferences on the part of the magistrate." (Williams v. Superior [203 Cal.App.3d 1508] Court (1969) 71 Cal.2d 1144, 1148, 80 Cal.Rptr. 747, 458 P.2d 987.) Moreover, every legitimate inference from the evidence must be drawn in favor of the information. (Ibid.)
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