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18 UCLA L. Rev. 635 (1970-1971)
The Preliminary Hearing in Los Angeles: Some Field Findings and Legal-Policy Observations

handle is hein.journals/uclalr18 and id is 649 raw text is: THE PRELIMINARY HEARING IN LOS ANGELES: SOME FIELD FINDINGS AND LEGAL-POLICY OBSERVATIONS Kenneth Graham and Leon Letwin TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ......................................... 636 II. THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS: PRELIMINARY HEARING IN PERSPECTIVE .......................................642 III. THE SCREENING FUNCTION ............................. 661 A. The Meaning of Screening ........................ 661 1. The Summary Judgment Function .............. 662 2. The Demurrer Function ...................... 663 3. The Litigant Control Function ................ 664 4. The Abuse-of-Process Function ................ 664 5. The Predictive Function ...................... 665 6. The Directed Verdict Function ................ 665 7. The Allocation of Resources Function ........... 666 8. The Limitation of Jurisdiction Function ........ 666 9. The Sentencing Function ..................... 667 10. The Community Judgment Function ............ 667 B. Prosecutorial Screening ............ .............. 668 C. Grand Jury Screening ........................... 678 D. The Screening Standard at the Preliminary Hearing.. 685 1. The Verbal Formula .......................... 685 2. Consideration of Magisterial Screening by the Appellate Courts ................... ....... 696 3. Screening at the Preliminary Hearing: Observations in Los Angeles ............................... 706 4. Screening Statistics ..........................719 E. The Conclusive Effect of the Magistrate's Screening D ecision ............... ........................ 727 1. When the Magistrate's Decision is to Discharge the Defendant .............................. 728 2. When the Magistrate's Decision is to Hold the Defendant to Answer .......................... 735 3. Scope of Review of the Magistrate's Decision ...... 744 * IV. THE COLLATERAL FUNCTIONS OF THE PRELIMINARY HEAR- ING A. Discovery B. Substitute for Full Trial C. Mechanism for Determining the Legality of Deten- tion D. Forum for Constitutional Adjudication E. Occasion for Plea Bargaining F. Foundation for Guilty Plea and Sentencing *V. CONCLUSION * Sections IV and V of this Article will appear in 18 U.C.L.A. LAW REV., Issue 5.

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