Court Opinion

ID: 9738686
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 20:00:50.619877+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T10:42:55.793631
License: Public Domain

TODD, Justice
(concurring specially).
I concur in the result.
However, I wish to emphasize the fact that it is not only preferable but most desirable that testimony be recorded at the time of the probable cause determination by the magistrate. The failure to do so can lead to situations where the magistrate may subsequently be called upon to give testimony on behalf of the prosecution to validate the nature of the proceedings. I regard this as not serving the best interests of the judicial system because it places the judicial branch of government as a witness of the executive branch of the government. Such a result can be avoided by the separate recording of extraneous evidence at a probable cause hearing.