Prosecutors and defense lawyers Monday began selecting jurors for the first death penalty care in Mobile County since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Markeise Kardell Caldwell, 29, of Mobile stands accused of killing his then-girlfriend’s 4-month-old baby. He faces charges of capital murder and aggravated child abuse.
The Caldwell trial marks a significant milestone, Mobile County Chief Assistant District Attorney Keith Blackwood said. In addition, jurors for a time were spread throughout the courtroom rather than grouped in together in a jury box. That was a social distancing measure meant to reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission, but Blackwood said.
“It would have been very difficult,” he told FOX10 News. “People … would be more timid. They would not want to come to jury service. And then other things, people wearing masks, you know, would tend to hide their faces when critical points of questioning were conducted. So I think you had to be in a situation where people could be grouped again together in close quarters.”
Once the trial, itself, does start, prosecutors will present evidence about the death of Kendrick Cole in May 2018 at his mother’s home. Prosecutors allege that Caldwell was at home with him and slammed his head against the floorboard of a bed.“I messed up real bad. … I’ve got to go get my mind right, because I’m mentally gone,” he said.“To the world, y’all, I’m not this person,” he said. “I’m really not. I’ve allowed myself to be spiritually weak in my faith.
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