We're too close to the preliminary hearing to get either.

"Did the defense put on any evidence at the preliminary hearing?"

The first preliminary hearing was held on the 18th June 1987.

He'd spent the rest of the day going over his notes for the preliminary hearing.

A short preliminary hearing of the case was held last Monday.

"People I've seen around for two years began talking to me after the preliminary hearing," he said.

There had been a short preliminary hearing in early August.

A preliminary hearing in the case is scheduled for May 27.

"We have to plan for the preliminary hearing," I tell him.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled to take place next month.