31 Cal. App. 4th 114 - People v. Eid’s Empirical Analysis

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20 state decisions

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1. “Further, Penal Code section 866 , subdivision (a), is amended to give the magistrate discretion to limit the defendant's right to call witnesses on the defendant's behalf. (`The magistrate shall not permit the testimony of any defense witness unless the offer of proof discloses to the satisfaction of the magistrate, in his or her discretion, that the testimony of that witness, if believed, would be reasonably likely to establish an affirmative defense, negate an element of a crime charged, or impeach the testimony of-a prosecution witness or the statement of a declarant testified to by a prosecution witness.') [¶] Finally, Penal [C]ode section 866, subdivision (b), explains that `It is the purpose of a preliminary examination to establish whether there exists probable cause to believe that the defendant has committed a felony. The examination shall not be used for purposes of discovery.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 150 Cal. App. 4th 148 - People v. Guess · 158 Cal. App. 4th 283 - People v. Guess