PERUGIA, Italy -- The University of Washington student accused in the slaying of her roommate in Perugia, Italy, was back in court Friday.

The court hearing was to determine whether Amanda Knox and two others will be tried for murder in the death last year of Meredith Kercher, a British student.

In the courtroom, Knox came face to face with Raffaele Sollecito, her former Italian boyfriend who is also a suspect in the case. It was the first time she had seen him since their arrest 10 months ago.

Knox looked "tense and tired" as she arrived at the courthouse to a large crowd of media, said reporter Sabina Castelfranco.

All three suspects have denied any wrongdoing.

Prosecutors have said the suspects strangled and stabbed Kercher, who was a student at Leeds University in England, and allege that Ivory Coast citizen Rudy Hermann Guede engaged in sexual violence against her with the help of Knox and Sollecito. No motives for the slaying have emerged.

Prosecutors have asked the court to charge the three with Kercher's death as well as counts of sexual violence and theft for stealing $475, two credit cards and two cell phones from Kercher.