Jury selected in murder trial after 40 challenges

Tue, Sep 13th 2011, 09:27 AM

A jury was finally selected yesterday in the trial of three men accused of the murder of Jason Smith and the attempted murder of his wife, Tamara.
Defense attorneys for Edney Burrows, of Deveaux Street; Daryl Rolle, of Palm Avenue; and Andre Dieujuste, of Windsor Lane, exhausted the jury pool after making 40 peremptory challenges.
Court bailiffs had to randomly select people off the streets to make up the pool.
Prosecutors allege that the offenses were committed at Cordeaux Avenue on September 13, 2008.
Jillian Williams is the prosecutor.  Elliot Lockhart and Terrel Butler represent the defendants.
Senior Justice Jon Isaacs is presiding.
Burrows is the only defendant who is on bail.
Meanwhile, the murder trial of Prince Edward Charlton opened before Supreme Court Justice Bernard Turner.
Charlton is accused of murdering 39-year-old James Carney at Inagua on November 10, 2010.
Carney's body was found in a ditch.
Charlton is on remand at Her Majesty's Prison.
Eucal Bonaby and Vanda Mackey-Williams are the prosecutors.

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