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Mostly to hash out if the case is worth the trouble. The preliminary hearing is held before a local judge to decide if the district attorney has enough evidence against a charged person to bring the case to trial. If the judge decides that the evidence is sufficient then the case will go to the county level for further due process. In the United States every one has the right to due process of law meaning that a judge or jury can not strip you of your freedom until you have been found guilty in your presence by a jury of your peers (or a judge if you don't want a jury trial).
Another View: Usually a case is presented and adjudicated in only ONE court - known as the "court of original jurisdiction."
Only if a case is appealed will it progress to the next level of the judicial system, and, statistically, this doesn't really occur all that often.
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