Jury selection opened with capital-case instructions and individual questioning. The court excused several prospective jurors and limited questioning about non-unanimous sentencing outcomes.
Full day summary
The court began jury selection by swearing the first panel and explaining the five murder charges, the State's notice that it would seek the death penalty, the possible guilt and penalty phases, and Timothy R. Jones, Jr.'s not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity plea. During individual questioning, prospective jurors were examined about publicity, personal circumstances, the insanity plea, and their ability to consider life without parole and death. The court excused jurors who reported fixed views, a social-media post about the case, or an inability to consider an insanity verdict without knowing its consequence. It also ruled that counsel could discuss unanimous life or death verdicts but could not tell jurors that a non-unanimous death vote would result in life.