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The quantum of evidence necessary to establish probable cause at a preliminary hearing is less than the quantum necessary to establish proof beyond a reasonable doubt at trial. . . . In making its finding, the court ha[s] to determine whether the government's evidence would warrant a person of reasonable caution to believe that the accused [had] committed the crime.


Her testimony is insufficient to place accused-appellant in the scene of the crime so as to form part of the chain of circumstantial evidence to show that accused-appellant committed the crime. Suspicion alone is insufficient, the required quantum of evidence being proof beyond reasonable doubt