Evidence At the Preliminary Hearing

• Jurisdiction: Maryland

V. Evidence at the Preliminary Hearing

The following govern proceedings at the preliminary hearing:

• Hearsay evidence is permitted to be considered and the State is not required to call the alleged victim or other witnesses to the offense. As a result, victims and other witnesses to the offense are rarely called, and the only witness called by the State is an investigating law enforcement officer;

• The defendant has no right to seek suppression of allegedly illegally-obtained evidence at a preliminary

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