death penalty cases | Mahoning County Common Pleas Court

Here are the forthcoming Mahoning County aggravated murder trials in which the defendant could be sentenced to death:

Antonio Jackson, 28, of Summer Street

Charges: Aggravated murder in the death of Sierra Y. Slaton, who was shot multiple times in the head and whose body was found floating in McKelvey Lake on Aug. 7, 2005; also aggravated murder in the drowning death of Tahnee Jackson (no relation), who was found floating nude in a South Side creek Nov. 20, 2005.

Judge: John M. Durkin

Trial dates: Jan. 12 for the Slaton case; sometime later this year for the Tahnee Jackson case.

Antwon Lanier, 25, of Mahoning County jail

Charge: Aggravated murder in Slaton’s death.

Judge: John M. Durkin

Trial date: March 2

Curtis Young, 25, of Center Street

Charge: Aggravated murder with firearm and death-penalty specifications in the July 31, 2007, deaths of Helen Moore, her unborn baby and her 8-year-old son, Ceonei.

Judge: Maureen A. Sweeney

Trial date: late April