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A judge in San Francisco has ordered Barry Bonds personal trainer to court to find out whether he intends to testify next month at Bonds trial. Judge Susan Illston scheduled the hearing for Wednesday morning and ordered U.S. Marshals to tell Anderson and provide him with transportation, if needed.  The same judge barred prosecutors from using key evidence in the case, such as positive tests that showed Bonds used steroids. The evidence could be used if Anderson does testify. Anderson a long time friend of Bonds has said through his attorney that he will refuse to testify, and he may be sent to prison on contempt charges because of this. Trail is set to start on March 2nd.

The home run king Barry Bonds was in court today and pleaded not guilty to charges that he lied to a grand jury that was investigating steroids in sports. This was Bonds third time pleading for this case. His original indictment was in Nov 2007, but the government revised the charges two times to fix legal technicalities. The home run slugger is now looking at 10 counts of making false statements to a grand jury with a little obstruction of justice charge. If convicted, he faces a sentence between probation and two years.

The Judge unsealed hundreds of pages of documents Wednesday that are the core of the governments case. Bonds’ legal team has asked to exclude from trail the drug test results they say are inconclusive. The results that the government seized during a raid of Bay Area Laboratory, know as Balco, in Sep 2003. Prosecutors claim the results show Bonds tested positive in 2000 and 2001. Bonds attorney are also asking to have the conversations between Bonds’ former trainer Greg Anderson and his former assistant Steve Hskins excluded from the trial. Anderson has said he will refuse to testify at trail.