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HOLLIDAYSBURG The review of potential jurors to hear first-degree murder and related charges against a Hollidaysburg area man progressed slowly Wednesday and into the evening hours at the Blair County Courthouse.
“As you’ve figured out, we’re not just picking 12 jurors out of a hat,” defense attorney Thomas M. Dickey told a prospective juror who had already answered questions for about a half hour.
The juror-by-juror review, scheduled to continue today and Friday, is expected to produce a jury panel in the capital case against Paul Aaron Ross, accused of murdering 26-year-old Tina S. Miller of Hollidaysburg in 2004.
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HOLLIDAYSBURG Efforts will begin today at the Blair County Courthouse to seat a jury for Paul Aaron Ross’ pending murder trial in the 2004 death of 26-year-old Tina S. Miller of Hollidaysburg.
Potential jurors will report today and Tuesday to complete lengthy questionnaires about themselves, their knowledge of the case and a willingness to consider the death penalty in case of a first-degree murder conviction.
Jurors returning Wednesday and Thursday will be subject to additional questioning aimed at seating an impartial panel of 12 jurors and at least four alternates.
In preparation for this week’s proceedings and Ross’ trial starting April 12, President Judge Elizabeth Doyle issued an order with rules addressing courtroom seating and behavior.
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HOLLIDAYSBURG When 19-year-old Jahlil Curtis-Devine Williams of Altoona was charged with attempted homicide in 2019, he was described as someone who was trying to start a street gang.
On Wednesday in Blair County Court, the now 21-year-old Williams pledged to finish a sentence of three to seven years incarceration, then never be in trouble again.
“I didn’t understand how important life was until I was in jail,” Williams told President Judge Elizabeth Doyle.
While inside Blair County Prison for almost two years, Williams said he missed the birth of his brother’s and sister’s children. He also said he has done a lot of thinking and knows he caused stress for his mother.
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