What is the purpose of the preliminary hearing in a criminal case? What does it mean to be “bound over”? Under what circumstances will a defendant be bound over?

What will be an ideal response?


The purpose of the preliminary hearing is to have an impartial third party review the facts to make certain that probable cause exists. The court determines whether probable cause exists––whether sufficient evidence exists for the case to proceed. If probable cause is found, the defendant is bound over to the next stage of the process. This means that the case continues and the defendant proceeds to the next stage of the case.

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Relative lack of punishment is one of the major advantages of probation and parole

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The "big five" cluster of personality traits include

a. fearlessness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism b. arrogance, fearlessness, conscientiousness, extraversion, and agreeableness c. openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism d. conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism, and self-discipline

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The median is ______.

a. the most frequently occurring score in a distribution b. the average of all scores in a distribution c. the score that is in the exact middle of the distribution d. the mathematical average

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