The trial for Joseph Lee Ford Jr., charged with aggravated robbery, is off to a start this morning with jury selection.
As of 10:45 a.m. 14 jurors of the 109 who answered the call to be a juror were dismissed. According to Circuit Clerk Cheryl Cochran-Wilson, 124 were called originally.
Of the 14, six had previously been part of a jury pool in the last two years, three were dismissed with pressing business this morning, two approached the bench and were excused for unannounced reasons, one was dismissed for a felony conviction, one was unable to let what he read in the newspaper go and one was related to the defendant.
Individual voir dire is now beginning. More in tomorrow’s News-Times.
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