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Oct 9, 2019criminal-lawpreliminary-investigationconstitutional-rightsevidence-admissibilityprejudicial-questioncertiorari
Constitutional Rights vs Preliminary Investigation: When Evidence Admissibility Matters
Supreme Court clarifies that preliminary investigations cannot be suspended on prejudicial question grounds, and evidence admissibility is for trial, not preliminary inquiry.