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Curtis Lavelle Vance, accused in the 2008 beating death of television anchorwoman Anne Pressly, walks from a prisoner van outside the Pulaski County Court House in Little Rock on Tuesday. Vance has pleaded not guilty.
LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Twelve jurors and two alternates have been seated for the capital murder trial of a man charged in last year's death of Arkansas television personality Anne Pressly.
Curtis Vance of Marianna has pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges. The judge and lawyers took the better part of three days to seat a panel that will hear the high-profile case.
Circuit Judge Chris Piazza had wanted to begin hearing from lawyers and witnesses this morning, but jury selection hit a snag when a juror picked Tuesday said Wednesday he couldn't vote for the death penalty. The final two jurors, plus two alternates, were selected late this morning and early this afternoon.
The trial could take two weeks.
