authority to assess credibility. 24 Magistrates may make ered-ibility determinations in preliminary hearings, but the extent of those determinations is limited. In Talbot, we recognized that assessing "'the credibility of the witnesses [in a preliminary hearing] is an important element in the determination of probable cause'" and that preventing magistrates from making credibility determinations "would undermine the fundamental purpose served by the preliminary examination." 972 P.2d at 438 (quoting Anderson, 612 P.2d at 783-84, 786). Indeed, that the probable cause standard demands "reasonable belief" rather than merely "belief" strongly suggests that magistrates must, to a certain extent, assess the credibility of the evidence presented. See Clark, 2001 UT 9, ¶ 16, 20 P.3d 300 (<HOLDING>). Nevertheless, we have also noted that "the
holding that the prosecution must present sufficient evidence to support a reasonable belief that defendant committed a crime emphasis added holding that a habeas court reviewing the sufficiency of evidence underlying a criminal conviction must determine whether the record evidence could reasonably support a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt  emphasis added holding that plaintiff must present such evidence holding that the investigators belief that a crime had been committed does not permit or excuse deliberate fabrication of evidence holding that a party must at least have a subjective belief that litigation was a real possibility and that belief must have been objectively reasonable