Jury seated for trial of man accused of fatally shooting baseball coach on Hwy 169, statements to be made Monday
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Jamal Smith (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office)
Opening statements are expected to begin Monday, July 11 in the trial of a man accused of shooting and killing a youth baseball coach after a jury was seated Thursday.
As previously reported, the jury selection process began last week for the trial of Jamal Smith.
Smith is charged with first- and second-degree murder for allegedly shooting 56-year-old Jay Boughton on Highway 169 in Plymouth last July.
Prosecutors believe some sort of traffic altercation may have led to the shooting.
Smith’s defense team claims a passenger in Smith’s vehicle fired the fatal shot.
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