It will be up to a state district judge to decide if embattled Secretary of State Dianna Duran's legal team will get more time to mount a defense.
Judge T. Glenn Ellington will consider a motion filed by Duran's attorney during a hearing Thursday morning in Santa Fe.
Defense attorney Erlinda Johnson made the request last month, saying she needed time to review information provided by the attorney general's office that include more than 3,000 pages of documents and hours of audio interviews.
Prosecutors say the preliminary hearing should proceed as scheduled later this month.
Duran has pleaded not guilty to dozens of counts that range from fraud to tampering with state records. She's accused of funneling campaign donations to personal accounts and withdrawing cash while frequenting casinos.
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