Betty Perry will be back in court Thursday.

The 70-year-old, charged with failing to water her lawn and resisting arrest when an officer attempted to cite her for the landscaping violation, has a pre-trial conference at 11 a.m. in 4th District Court in Orem.

M. Paige Benjamin, Perry's attorney, said the hearing will be to set a date for Perry's trial. He said attempts to negotiate a plea agreement have failed.

Perry was arrested on July 6 when she refused to give Officer James Flygare, a member of the city's Neighborhood Preservation Unit, her name when he tried to write her up for having a dead lawn. In the ensuing scuffle with Flygare, Perry fell and injured her nose.

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While the city initially apologized for her treatment, an investigation by the Utah Department of Public Safety cleared Flygare of any wrongdoing.

Also helping Perry is Gloria Allred, the high-powered Los Angeles attorney who represented the family of Nicole Brown Simpson. Allred, who attended Perry's first appearance in court, will not be at Thursday's hearing.