preliminary hearing
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 408 U.S. 471 - Morrissey v. Brewer · 1972Most cited · 18,975 citing opinions
parole revocation
Such an inquiry should be seen as in the nature of a 'preliminary hearing' to determine whether there is probable cause or reasonable ground to believe that the arrested parolee has committed acts that would constitute a violation of parole conditions.
How often courts cite the cases defining “preliminary hearing”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “preliminary hearing” — 22,225 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1968–1972
- ORIGINAL
A preliminary hearing is ordinarily a much less searching exploration into the merits of a case than a trial, simply because its function is the more limited one of determining whether probable cause exists to hold the accused for trial.