First Dunbar Village jury selected, second selection tomorrow

Judge Marx's instructions

C.B. Hanif reporting for WAOD:

It would seem that Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Krista Marx accomplished her Day 1 objective: Six jurors and two alternates have been selected in Tommy Poindexter's case. They were told to check in on Thursday but be prepared to start his trial at 9 a.m. Friday.

"We will go into opening statements and the trial will begin at that time," the judge said.

She also reminded jurors that the courtoom will be operating with two juries. Selection of the second, for Nathan Walker, is set to begin 9 a.m. Wednesday.

The chosen jurors were cautioned in the meantime: No newspapers, no TV news, no Facebook, no Twitter, no outside influences.

"The jury verdict has to be based on just what you hear in the courtoom," Judge Marx said. "I cannot stress this enough to you. Because if there is a mistrial we have to start all over again."

After two years, some visible movement toward justice.

Comments

[gem2001]

Great coverage today! Keep it up!

[Faith]

Thank you for this.

[Khadija]

Thank you! I look forward to following your future reports on this case.

Peace, blessings and solidarity.

[LaJane Galt]

Here we go. Thanks CB

[Miss Thang]

Most definitely great coverage! I love the PHOTOS. Keep up more coverage on this! But don't forget to blog about other stuff if you have the time. This trial can last a long time.

[Sarah]

Thank you for this coverage. It's sad that no other news organization is covering this but thank God for WAOD you all are doing an excellent job and I have been forwarding these links onto people.

[cbhanif]

Thank U all, for your support, guidance and encouragement. My objective is to document as much information as possible in these trials, and come out on the other side with everyone saying he delivered the message. I pray I not let anyone down.