61.   Raeder called the move gutsy because some forms of DNA testing that have no clear legal precedent in California could have been disallowed at the pretrial hearing.

62.   Rosenthal said the genuinely retarded have all the protection they need in pretrial hearings that establish whether a defendant is competent to stand trial.

63.   Reid appeared in federal court for a pretrial hearing.

64.   Saulo Feitosa, executive secretary of the Indigenist Missionary Council, described the judge smiling over photos of Max Alves with his dog at a pretrial hearing.

65.   Since either the defense or the prosecution can make such a request during a pretrial hearing, the judge agreed.

66.   Simpson will be back in court Monday for pretrial hearings including defense motions to throw out much of the evidence and a prosecution request to sequester the jury.

67.   Still, Connolly refused to testify in the pretrial hearings, citing his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination.

68.   Such pretrial hearings are usually held days if not weeks after arraignment, and Harmon seemed a bit bemused by the request for the rapid appearance in her court.

69.   The advice Macaro was dispensing, Lavian said at a pretrial hearing, included how to use insanity to avoid prosecution.

70.   The announcement came at a pretrial hearing in Cook County Circuit Court.