Letecia Stauch trial - live updates: Packed courtroom as jury selection begins
Monday morning marked the first day of Letecia Stauch’s jury trial, where she is accused of killing her 11-year-old stepson Gannon in January 2020. Letecia Stauch's jury trial began Monday morning, with jury selection expected to last two weeks. The process begins with attorneys and Judge Gregory Werner working to select the individuals down to 110 potential jurors, all of whom will be called back to the court on April 3. Opening statements are scheduled to begin the afternoon of April 3 after the jury is selected. Each set of attorneys will be given 45 minutes to question each set of jurors brought to the courtroom to determine which individuals will be selected for the final jury. In addition to the first-degree murder case, she also faces a second case in which she is accused of attempting to escape from the El Paso County jail in May 2020.
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Monday morning marked the first day of Letecia Stauch’s jury trial, where she is accused of killing her 11-year-old stepson Gannon in January 2020.
The trial began with jury selection, which is expected to last approximately two weeks, according to Judge Gregory Werner. After telling Werner at her pre-trial readiness that she would not be dressing out for the trial, Stauch was in court Monday court wearing a blue sweatshirt with a hood and not an El Paso County jail jumpsuit as she had worn previously.
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The goal over the next two weeks is to work towards selecting the 16-person jury .
That process begins with attorneys and Judge Werner working to wittle the individuals down to 110 potential jurors, all of whom will be called back to the court on April 3. On the morning of April 3, the attorneys will select the 16-person jury out of the 110 people called back.
Opening statements are scheduled to begin the afternoon of April 3 after the jury is selected.
The reason for the two-week-long jury selection process is due to the likelihood that many potential jurors will be unable to be present for the entirety of the six-week-long trial, as well as expected difficulties with jurors being exposed to previous media coverage of the case, according to Werner, who said he expects the trial to last through the middle of or late May.
To start Monday morning’s proceedings approximately 75 people ranging from young to old filled the 4th Judicial District Courtroom to capacity to start the jury selection process. Each set of attorneys will be given 45 minutes to question each set of jurors brought to the courtroom to help determine which individuals will be selected for the final jury.
In addition to the first-degree murder case, Stauch also faces a second case in which she is accused of attempting to escape from the El Paso County jail in May 2020.
Stauch was arrested in South Carolina in March 2020 and has been in jail ever since. She faces life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder.