Johnny S. Clarke & Lisa Straub- young Ohio couple murdered

[HairOfTheDog]

I was hoping there would be a hearing in open court so we might learn more about the evidence.

Would the reading of the affidavit disclosed evidence and that's why he choose not to have it read? If this is a dumb question please chalk it up to me not knowing better.

I rarely, if ever, see dumb questions in here.

Sometimes defendants want to skip a probable cause hearing to avoid public exposure.

Sometimes they know there's probable cause to support the charges against them, so why bother having an attorney argue it at the hearing, thereby showing their defense-strategy hand before it's necessary. I believe that's the most common reason that defendants, typically on advice of their attorneys, choose to waive the hearing and instead let it go directly to a secret grand jury.