 I get a lot of clients who ask, what is a preliminary hearing? Well, in Arizona, if you've been charged with a felony, there's a couple of ways to find probable cause, to see if that was a valid charge. Most of the times the prosecutors do what's called a long form. They simply fill out a complaint, the complaint gets served on you, and then a judge will hold their preliminary hearing to see if there was actual probable cause to charge you. Now, with most preliminary hearings, once we file our notice of appearance on your behalf, and we show up, many times the prosecutor will decide they don't have their ducks in the row, and they don't have the evidence, and they will scratch the charges. Now, that does not mean, wow, David Cantor, your office is fantastic. You got the charges dismissed, you won right away. It actually just puts it in limbo, and they normally will refile in two to nine months. But during that time, what we'll try and do is contact the prosecutor to see if we can keep them from refiling the charges, or if they'll refile them at a lower level, such as a misdemeanor. Most preliminary hearings will go, and we'll present evidence, and they'll present their evidence, which is merely an officer testifying as to what various witnesses said, and we can cross-examine that officer, and we can see if we can blow up the charge at that point in time. If you've been charged with a crime, and you have a preliminary hearing coming up, contact us, and we'll see what we can do to help you out.