Does a magistrate have the authority to make a search warrant determinations?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Superior Court, 107 Cal.Rptr. 756, 31 Cal.App.3d 788 (Cal. App. 1973):
7 The regard ordinarily afforded a magistrate's search warrant determinations was stated in Skelton v. Superior Court, 1 Cal.3d 144, 153--154, 81 Cal.Rptr. 613, 619, 460 P.2d 485, 491, as follows:
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