article_snippet.sent: At The preliminary hearing, The judge granted Robert Bates permission to go to the Bahamas for a family vacation.
article_snippet.sent: We are not surprised that Robert Bates pled not guilty.  
article_snippet.sent: Robert Bates preliminary hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. July 2.
article_snippet.sent: This will give we an opportunity to deal with the facts in the courtroom instead of the media and we're looking very much forward to that," said  Clark Brewster, one of Robert Bates lawyers, after Bates' preliminary hearing.
highlights_snippet.sent: The preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 2 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The judge said Robert Bates was free to travel to the Bahamas for a family vacation .