Curtis Reeves will stand trial for shooting Chad Oulson after popcorn was thrown over texting during previews for a 'Lone Survivor' movie screening.
Opening statements began Monday in the trial of Curtis Reeves, who has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and aggravated battery in the killing of Chad Oulson in January 2014. Jury selection took place over four days last week, ending Thursday when six jurors and four alternates were selected to hear the case, according to Stephen Thompson, a spokesperson for Florida's Sixth Judicial Circuit Court.
The trial comes after years of delays CNN affiliate WFTS has attributed to various motions, pretrial hearings and the Covid-19 pandemic. But an attorney for Oulson's wife, who was injured in the shooting but survived, called the delays"embarrassing." Reeves and his attorneys have argued Oulson threw a cellphone at Reeves' head and was aggressively leaning over a chair toward him when the shooting occurred. In pretrial hearings in 2017 over his"stand your ground" defense, Reeves testified he"perceived" Oulson was about to punch him, WFTS reported at the time.
In Reeves' case, however, defense attorneys asked the judge to dismiss the second-degree murder charge under the state's"stand your ground" statute, which would have given Reeves immunity from prosecution.
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