A preliminary hearing has been set for Aug. 16-18 in the criminal case against state schools Superintendent Joy Hofmeister, political strategist Fount Holland and three other defendants.

At the court hearing, Oklahoma County Special Judge Kevin McCray will decide whether prosecutors have sufficient evidence for a jury trial. The judge may have to schedule additional days for later in the year to complete testimony.

Hofmeister, a Tulsa Republican, was elected in 2014. She was charged in November and denies wrongdoing.

Hofmeister, 52, is accused in two felony counts of accepting illegal donations to her 2014 campaign. She is accused in two other felony counts of conspiring to break campaign fundraising laws.