LAWRENCE CO.—A jury has finally been selected for the murder trial of 21-year-old Tyler McQueen in Lawrence County; below is the newsblast with the transcript to follow:
Special prosecutor Mike Vujovich, front, and defense attorney Matt Vaughn leaving the courtroom after four days of jury selection.
Disclosure NewsMagazine/DisclosureNewsOnline Thursday, April 25, 2013 evening news blast.
After four days and more than a few tense moments, a jury has been selected in the murder trial of 21-year-old Tyler McQueen.
McQueen is charged with three counts of First Degree Murder in the March 24, 2012 stabbing death of 78-year-old Bob Westall in Westall’s sisters apartment in United Methodist Village in Lawrenceville.
There are 10 women and 2 men on the jury and 1 man and 3 woman as alternates one through four, respectively.
After what one of the attorneys described as a grueling jury selection process, both sides will take tomorrow off in preparation for opening arguments and testimony set to begin Monday morning.
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