51.   In the Smith case, television was allowed to cover the pretrial hearings.

52.   Judge Stanley M. Weisberg is expected to rule on the issue by Friday, but already has pulled the plug on the camera for pretrial hearings this week.

53.   Jones, testifying for the second day in a pretrial hearing, responded that she had no recollection of such plans beyond seeking paid appearances on television.

54.   Last week, during pretrial hearings, Mr. Yousef sat beside his lawyer, at times smiling, or talking with him.

55.   Nathaniel faces a pretrial hearing next week on a separate charge of breaking into a garage shortly before the slaying.

56.   On Friday, Leonard will consider several pretrial hearings, including a prosecution motion to use a written confession that Zamora made to investigators before her arrest.

57.   Plaintiffs had to show more proof of fraud in pretrial hearings or judges could dismiss the suits.

58.   Pretrial hearings begin today before Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Peter Blanc.

59.   Pretrial hearings in the case against Rashid Baz began Monday in State Supreme Court in Manhattan.

60.   Pretrial hearings took nearly two years and jury selection three weeks.