1.   McCarthy has been a prosecution witness against Stedeford in Des Moines and at a pretrial hearing here against Langan.

2.   The judge dismissed arguments by Collins that release of the pretrial hearing documents would inevitably cause jurors to learn about their contents.

3.   Although witnesses are usually banned from trials and pretrial hearings until they testify, prosecutors had asked for an exception for the victims.

4.   Another pretrial hearing is scheduled the following day in Queens, where Rifkin faces a one-count murder indictment.

5.   As the government and lawyers for the defense have indicated in pretrial hearings and briefs, the second trial will include some different evidence and different witnesses.

6.   At a later pretrial hearing on the felony cocaine charge, he dialed his cellular phone in the courtroom, as if more important things were on his mind.

7.   At a pretrial hearing, he was delusional and incoherent, leading the judge to commit him to a state mental hospital for three months.

8.   At a pretrial hearing, Nannery testified under oath that he and fellow officers were responding to a radio call that drug dealing was in progress at the time.

9.   At a pretrial hearing, defense lawyers persuaded a judge here to dismiss the conspiracy charge on grounds that the evidence was insufficient.

10.   At one point during pretrial hearings Arnow threatened CBS News with a contempt-of-court action after drawings of the court proceedings were broadcast.