Sentence examples for pretrial phase from inspiring English sources

The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges, and the case is in the pretrial phase.

To streamline the pretrial phase, including document requests and depositions, cases from around the country were transferred last fall to Judge Barker's court.

After all, Private Manning's case is still in pretrial phase and the full court-martial will not begin until June 3.

Judge Kram's ruling allows shareholders and bondholders to proceed to the pretrial phase in which they can demand evidence and depositions from Time Warner and its current and former employees, putting them in a better position to negotiate a settlement.

And Judge Lifland recalled today that at the pretrial phase the issue seemed so troublesome that there had been some consideration of actually concealing from jurors the fact that Mr. Faison had died.

Just as trials are a type of theater, so the pretrial phase is about seeking out advantages that can be used to help shape the story that will be told to the jury.

Assuming that the case survives the pretrial phases intact, Mosby will encounter the biggest obstacle of all -- juries as a general rule don't like to convict the police.

Colonel Pohl did not rule, but he indicated that he thought such objections would be more relevant at the trial stage than during the pretrial discovery phase of the case.

The Federal District Court in Seattle, in a ruling affirmed by the Ninth Circuit, has allowed the case to proceed to the pretrial discovery phase.

As the False Claims Act case recently began moving into its pretrial discovery phase, TRW subpoenaed 38 military documents, including one that listed the technical requirements for its work on the antimissile system.

Currently, the case is in the pretrial discovery phase, when both sides joust over which key witnesses will give depositions and what information must be included in reams of documents.