Orientation undeway for prospective jurors in Aubrey Toney trial

YOUNGSTOWN — Jury selection has begun for the capital murder trial of Aubrey F. Toney in the Sept. 25, 2010, shooting death of Thomas Repchic and the wounding of his wife, Jacqueline, on the city’s South Side.

An orientation for 132 potential jurors occurred this morning before Judge Maureen A. Sweeney of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

During the jury selection, which will continue next week, prospective jurors will be interviewed by prosecuting and defense lawyers, individually and out of earshot of other potential jurors, concerning their views toward the death penalty and their exposure to pretrial publicity.

Toney’s trial was to have started in January, but it was postponed because of the high-risk pregnancy of a key prosecution witness, who lives in Georgia.

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