State v. JONES EX REL. COUNTY OF MARICORA

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• holding that the rule of corpus delicti does not apply at a preliminary hearing
• “Given that the purpose of the preliminary hearing is to determine whether probable cause exists to bind the defendant over to the superior court and that it is not a resolution of the merits of the charge(s
• “As long as the State submits adequate proof of the corpus delicti before it rests, the defendant’s statements may be admitted, without prejudice. It is only if the State altogether fails to make this showing that the court should direct acquittal.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).