William Sandeson hearing looking at Taylor Samson case witnesses

The case of a 23-year-old medical student charged with the murder of a fellow Dalhousie University student in Halifax is due in court today.

The lawyers involved will hold a focus hearing to discuss howmany witnesses to call.

William Sandeson is charged with first-degree murder in the deathof 22-year-old Taylor Samson, a physics student at Dalhousie whosebody has never been found.

The defence and Crown agreed last week to extend the preliminaryhearing to eight days from six in February to determine if there'senough evidence to warrant a trial.

Sandeson was charged on Aug. 20, four days after Samson wasreported missing in Halifax.

Police have said the two men knew each other.