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(4) Others. The convening authority who directed the preliminary hearing may also, as a
matter of discretion, detail or request an appropriate authority to detail:
(A) A r:.eporter; and
(B) An interpreter.
(e) Scope ofpreliminary hearing.
(1) The preliminary heru.ing officer shall limit the inquiry to the examination of evidence,
including witnesses, necessary to:
(A) Determine whether there is probable cause to believe an offense or offenses have
been committed and whether the accused committed it;
(B) Determine whether a court-martial would have jurisdiction over the offense(s) and the
accused;
(C) Consider whether the form of the charge(s) is proper; and
(D) Make a recommendation as to the disposition of the charge(s).
(2) If evidence adduced during the preliminary hearing indicates that the accused committed
any uncharged offense(s), the preliminary hearing officer may examine evidence and hear
witnesses relating to the subject matter of such offense(s) and make the findings and
recommendations enumerated i.n subsection (e)(l) of this rule regarding such offense(s) without
the accused first having been charged with the offense. The accused's rights under subsection
(f)(2) of this rule, and, where it would not cause undue delay to the proceedings, subsection (g) of
this rule, are the same with regard to both charged and uncharged offenses. When considering
uncharged offenses identified during the preliminary hearing, the preliminary hearing officer
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shall inform the accused of the general nature of each uncharged offense considered, and
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otherwise afford the accused the same opportunity for representation, cross examination, and
presentation afforded during the preliminary hearing of any charged offense.
(f) Rights of the accused.
(1) Prior to any preliminary hearing under this rule the accused shall have the right to:
(A) Notice of any witnesses that the government intends to call at the prelimimrry hearing
and copies of or access to any written or recorded statements made by those witnesses that relate
to the subject matter of any charged offense;
(i) For purposes of this rule, a "written statement" is one that is signed or otherwise
adopted or approved by the witness that is within the possession or control of counsel for the
government; and
(ii) For purposes of this rule, a "recorded statement" is an oral statement made by the
witness that is recorded contemporaneously with the making of the oral statement and contained
in a digital or other recording or a transcription thereof that is within the possession or control of
counsel for the government.
(B) Notice of, and reasonable access to, any other evidence that the government intends to
offer at the preliminary hearing; and
(C) Notice of, and reasonable access to, evidence that is within the possession or control of
counsel for the government that negates or reduces the degree of guilt of the accused for an
offense charged.
(2) At any preliminary' hearing under this rule the accused shall have the right to:
(A) Be advised of the charges under consideration;
(B) Be represented by counsel;
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(C) Be informed of the purpose of the preliminary hearing;
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