Congratulations to Kylie Cin for getting a case dismissed at the preliminary hearing!

A preliminary hearing is a first step a prosecutor must accomplish at the start of a felony criminal prosecution.  It is usually rather routine and straightforward.  The prosecutor does not have to prove that a defendant is guilty.  Basically, the prosecutor must prove that a crime probably happened, and that the defendant was probably the one to commit the crime.  In this case, Ms. Cin’s client was accused of two counts of Identity Theft.  Each count carried up to five years of prison.  At the hearing, Ms. Cin showed that although her client had other people’s identification cards, there was no reason to think that her client had any intention to use those IDs to deceive or defraud anyone.  Accordingly, the case was dismissed!