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Utah Supreme Court· 5/29/1980

State v. Anderson

Citations

  • 612 P.2d 778
  • 1980 Utah LEXIS 964

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  • recognizing the ancillary benefits of the preliminary hearing
  • admission of hearsay evidence at preliminary hearing violated defendant’s right to confrontation under Utah constitution
  • \[T]he credibility of the witnesses is an important element in the determination of probable cause.\
  • \The fundamental purpose served by the preliminary examination is the ferreting out of groundless and improvident prosecutions.\
  • error was rendered harmless by the independent testimony of the other witnesses at the hearing
  • “The fundamental purpose served by the preliminary examination is the ferreting out of groundless and improvident prosecutions.”

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Judges: Maughan, Crockett, Hall, Wilkins, Stewart

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