by The Associated Press
Published: Fri, May 09, 2008 - 9:18 am CST
Last Updated: Thu, July 31, 2008 - 1:07 am CST
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - The capital murder trial for a man accusedof shooting his former girlfriend to death as she left work at a Subway restaurant has begun after three days of jury selection.
Prosecutors said in opening statements Thursday that Garrett
Dotch of Mobile was cold-blooded as he planned Timarla Taldon's death two years ago. Defense lawyers argued that Dotch is mentally ill and therefore cannot be found guilty.
Both Dotch and Taldon were 24 when she was shot to death as she sat in her car in a parking lot outside the restaurant. Fellow employees took her inside and tried to resuscitate her, but thewoman died at the scene.
Police spokesman Eric Gallichant said at the time that the
couple had a history of domestic violence and had broken up.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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