A third of the prospective jurors called to court in the Antonio Armstrong Jr. capital murder case expressed familiarity with the accusation that he killed his parents, some citing news reports they read at the time of the couple's 2016 deaths.
Antonio “A.J.” Armstrong, Jr., talks to a member of his defense team as he listens to the closing argument for the prosecution in his capital murder trial Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, at the Harris County Criminal Courthouse in Houston. Armstrong’s parents were shot to death in 2016. The proceeding ended in a mistrial.A third of the prospective jurors called to court in the Antonio Armstrong Jr.
Judge Kelli Johnson polled the 74 Harris County residents about their whether they felt they could remain impartial. This is a question these jurors and dozens of others will have to answer in the coming weeks. Two dozen of the jurors in the pool were aware of the case, with some having read headlines as recently as Friday about Armstrong Jr.’s looming trial.
Armstrong Jr. introduced himself to the prospective jurors as “Antonio Armstrong,” rather than the nickname,"A.J." that his attorney often uses. The start of jury selection follows a flurry of court filings last week that pitted the prosecutors against Armstrong Jr.’s defense. One pleading from defense attorney Rick DeToto asked for more time to investigate reports that a Harris County prosecutor had a romantic relationship with a juror during the second trial.
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