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Live updates: Sheley trial

3rd & 7 37yd

Man asked to step out while attorneys talk. #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 3:02:19 PM
Prosecutors nor defense have challenges for cause for the man to sit on the jury. #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 3:03:30 PM
Karlin does use a peremptory strike for PJ #2 , a retired machine operator from yesterday. Five strikes left #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 3:04:49 PM
Still under consideration is the last guy, the Augustana college employee (yesterday), and the production editor (yesterday) #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 3:06:43 PM
Now up is PJ #21 , a woman.

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 3:07:09 PM
Woman says she had put the case out of her mind because it wasn't in Rock Island County. #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 3:12:00 PM
The case, the second out of Whiteside, is being held in RI County due to the pretrial publicity surrounding the case. #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 3:12:31 PM
Judge O'Connor also has said that the attorneys "exhausted" the jury pool in Whiteside with the last trial. #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 3:13:06 PM
Woman is a nurse and her husband works for a local TV station. #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 3:16:36 PM
Four jurors selected in Sheley trial bit.ly/1mV43aE

by QCT crime & courts via twitter 5/13/2014 4:04:05 PM
AAG Nate asks the woman if she can keep an open mind when hearing evidence about the death of a toddler. Says "I would hope so." #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 4:06:11 PM
Woman says she doesn't have an opinion on the case because "I don't know #sheley ."

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 4:09:02 PM
Karlin asks her about her reading habits. She says she's read the Times everyday since the late 1970s. #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 4:12:45 PM
Woman says she is aware that there are a "number of deaths" associated with the case but doesn't know specific details. #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 4:14:43 PM
Woman wrote in her questionnaire that she things #sheley is "probably guilty," Karlin says.

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 4:15:14 PM
Woman asked to step out. Attnys will question more prosp. jurors until they have a panel of 4. She has not been selected. #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 4:17:18 PM
Now on to pj #23 , a woman. #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 4:18:27 PM
Woman says serving on jury would be a hardship. Her husband is disabled and she takes him around. #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 4:19:28 PM
Woman dismissed for cause. #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 4:20:03 PM
Prosp. juror #24 , a man, is up. #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 4:23:39 PM
Man says he has several health problems that will keep him from sitting through a lengthy trial. Dismissed. #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 4:25:06 PM
On to prosp. juror #25 , a man. #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 4:26:33 PM
Man dismissed. Says he wouldn't get paid by his employer if he is selected for jury duty. #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 4:30:48 PM
AAG Elward asking judge to call in some more jurors for questioning. O'Connor says he's going to "stick with the program" and move ahead

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 4:35:54 PM
New prosp. juror (#26 ), a man, is up. #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 4:37:22 PM
Man says he's heard some about the case, but mainly tunes in for sports and weather. #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 4:41:51 PM
Man is a longtime welder and works as a team leader on the RI Arsenal. Also served in the Marines. #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 4:48:16 PM
Joyce asks whether woman can set aside feelings of the death of a 2 yr old. Says if she sees someone get upset, she gets upset. #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 7:55:14 PM
Woman says she had an opinion about the case. However, she's taken to heart the judge's comments about deciding the case on evidence only.

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 8:03:35 PM
After further questioning from Karlin, she said she came in with a "pretty strong" opinion about #sheley 's guilt.

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 8:04:25 PM
Attnys now discussing the woman and other prospective jurors. #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 8:08:19 PM
Not surprisingly, Karlin challenges for the woman to be dismissed for cause. Says the woman has followed the case from day 1. #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 8:09:35 PM
O'Connor denies Karlin's challenge for cause on last prosp juror. Karlin uses his fifth peremptory strike. #Sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 8:21:00 PM
Prosp. juror #32 , a woman, is up. #Sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 8:22:31 PM
Woman says a lengthy trial would be a hardship. Dismissed for cause. #Sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 8:23:07 PM
#33 is up. Another woman. #Sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 8:24:02 PM
Woman says she's familiar with case, but doesn't know details. Has no opinion on the case, says she hasn't heard any facts #Sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/13/2014 8:28:15 PM
Just been told that jury selection for the day has been pushed back to 9:30 a.m. Not sure why. Stat tuned. #sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/14/2014 1:54:49 PM
Judge O'Connor on the bench and #Sheley is coming into the courtroom. Today he's wearing a light blue button-down, glasses, and khakis.

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/14/2014 2:28:39 PM
#sheley apparently trying to file three motions. Not sitting well with the prosecution.

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/14/2014 2:29:38 PM
AAG Elward: This is more nonsense delaying this case. #Sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/14/2014 2:30:16 PM
Elward says that #sheley has a lawyer. If he wants to play lawyer, he should represent himself, he says.

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/14/2014 2:30:45 PM
One of the motions, apparently, is to dismiss the charges. Not sure on what grounds, but I suspect he's its a speedy trial issue. #Sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/14/2014 2:32:36 PM
Or, a grand jury issue. #Sheley

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/14/2014 2:33:22 PM
#Sheley is apparently taking issue with the jury selection process.

by Tara Becker via twitter 5/14/2014 2:35:32 PM