Talk:Preliminary hearing
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In an evidentary hearing, a defendant is represented by counsel.
This statement from paragraph 1 raises the question, in a preliminary hearing is the defendant represented by counsel? (anon)
[edit] question
The article currently says preliminary hearings are used in some US jurisdictions. I am confused. I just looked at Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which seems to say that those suspected of a serious crime can only be indicted by a grand jury.
So, in the US jurisdiction that make use of preliminary hearings, is that instead of a grand jury, in addition to a grand jury, or are they considered close enough to a grand jury to fulfill the 5th amendments requirement for a grand jury? Geo Swan (talk) 03:58, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
