Judge sets next pre-trial hearing in Hasan case for June 3

FORT HOOD, Texas -- The next pretrial hearing in the court martial of Maj. Nidal M. Hasan is set to take place 9 a.m. June 3 at the Lawrence J. Williams Judicial Center here.

The trial judge, Col. Tara Osborn, is expected to announce rulings from matters litigated at past hearings. Selection of a panel (the military's equivalent of a jury) remains set to begin June 5 and the trial is set to begin July 1.

In lieu of this development, media registration for the June 3 pre-trial hearing, June 5 panel selection and July 1 court-martial will be reopened from May 29-31. 

On June 3, satellite trucks should report to the Fort Hood Clarke Road Gate on West Highway 190 at 6 a.m. Truck registration and credentialing ends at 7 a.m.

NOTE: All others should check in at THE PARKING LOT OF THE 440 PLAZA ON FORT HOOD STREET, KILLEEN, TEXAS, FROM 5:30-7 a.m. All media should be prepared to show a U.S. driver's license with photo and an accredited press badge with photo.

The accused, Hasan, is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.