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Should I testify at my preliminary hearing? |
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Defendants should almost never testify in their own behalf at a preliminary hearing. There is little justification for you to reveal your version of the facts since that can forecast your (and your lawyer’s) strategy for the long-term resolution of the case and has little or no effect on the District Justice’s decision of whether to hold the case over for trial. What very often happens at a preliminary hearing is that the Commonwealth representatives call their witnesses and then your lawyer cross-examines these witnesses and makes legal arguments to show that a prima facie case does not exist.
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