{"id":2278,"date":"2012-08-14T14:25:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T19:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=2278"},"modified":"2012-08-15T13:46:28","modified_gmt":"2012-08-15T18:46:28","slug":"jury-selection-begins-in-leron-howard-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=2278","title":{"rendered":"Jury Selection Begins In Leron Howard Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/howardmug.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2049\" title=\"howardmug\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/howardmug-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Jamestown, ND (AP &amp; KCSi-T.V. News Aug 14, 2012) &#8212; Jury selection will continue in Southeast District Court in Jamestown, for the trial of 34 year old Leron Howard of Jamestown.<\/p>\n<p>81 potential jurors have been called for the process that started Tuesday (Aug 14, 2012) at the Stutsman County Courthouse.<\/p>\n<p>The prospective jurors were questioned by court-appointed defense attorney Steven Mottinger, as six individuals were removed for consideration on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The reasons for being excused from jury duty included preconceived notions about the case, along with child care needs, and disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Opening arguments could take place on Wednesday, afternoon with testimony starting on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Howard\u2019s request of a change in venue for his trial, was denied by Southeast District Court Judge, Thomas Merrick.<\/p>\n<p>Howard claimed that media coverage of Janelle Cave\u2019s trial, in Jamestown, made it impossible to find a fair and impartial jury.<\/p>\n<p>Merrick expanded the jury pool to include 20 residents from neighboring Barnes County.<\/p>\n<p>Howard is charged with murder and criminal conspiracy, both Class AA Felonies, in the death of Abdi Ali Ahmed of Jamestown, who was 18 years old at the time of his death.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed&#8217;s \u00a0body was found in a roadside ditch, near Spiritwood on April 30, 2011, with the cause of death in the autopsy report as a\u00a0result of stab wounds and blunt force trauma to the head.<\/p>\n<p>In February, of this year, co-defendant Janelle Cave, of Jamestown was found guilty, in Sotheast District Court, \u00a0of manslaughter and criminal conspiracy in Ahmed\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Cave was sentenced to serve 11 years in prison, and is appealing her conviction in North Dakota Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>As part of her sentence, she is required to testify against Howard at his trial.<\/p>\n<p>Stutsman County Courthouse security is stepped up during the trial as it was during Cave\u2019s trial starting at the main entrance, which will effect courthouse visitors to the main floor offices and the upper floor courtrooms.<\/p>\n<p>Stutsman County Sheriff, Chad Kaiser says metal detectors is aiding six officers, adding that those attending the trial should not bring handbag, or cell phones into the courthouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown, ND (AP &amp; KCSi-T.V. News Aug 14, 2012) &#8212; Jury selection will continue in Southeast District Court in Jamestown, for the trial of 34 year old Leron Howard of Jamestown. 81 potential jurors have been called for the process that started Tuesday (Aug 14, 2012) at the Stutsman County [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jamestown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2278"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2343,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2278\/revisions\/2343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}