Why should a law enforcement officer be careful to give only enough information necessary to show probable cause at the preliminary hearing?

What will be an ideal response?


Testimony by the officer at the preliminary hearing makes a record that defense counsel can use later at trial to try to trip up the officer. Moreover, further investigation from the time of the preliminary hearing, sometimes called the prelim, to the time of the trial may change the way the case is tried. Therefore, the officer should only testify to the bare minimum to show probable cause. On the other hand, the officer cannot be so tight-lipped as to fail to provide the necessary information to supply probable cause.

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