How have courts dealt with allegations of sexual assault made against a defendant at a preliminary hearing?

Defendant was arrested for first degree burglary ( 459). Defendant appeared at his preliminary hearing with a public defender and immediately requested a Marsden hearing (People v. Marsden, supra, 2 Cal.3d 118). The court held a Marsden hearing but denied defendant's request to substitute counsel. The preliminary hearing proceeded, and at its conclusion the court found probable cause to hold defendant to answer for the burglary. The District Attorney of the County of Los Angeles ("the People") subsequently filed an information alleging that defendant committed one count of first degree residential burglary ( 459). The People further alleged that defendant suffered

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