Monday, February 23, 2009
BY DENISE MAYCOCK
Tribune Freeport Reporter
dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
FREEPORT - A Supreme Court jury was empanelled on Monday in the murder trial of Coletor Johnson and Glinton Louis, but the matter was adjourned to allow defence counsel Paul Wallace-Whitfield to meet with his client.
Senior Justice Hartman Longley adjourned the matter to Tuesday morning when the prosecution is expected to open its case against the pair.
Prosecutors Erica Kemp and Olivia Blatch, of the Attorney General's Office, are appearing on behalf of the Crown.
Johnson, 23, of Drake Avenue; and Louis, 32, of Garden Villas, are accused of the hit-and-run death of Markinson Justin, 23.
Justin was struck by a car last July while walking on Explorer's Way near East Atlantic Drive.
Mr Wallace-Whitfield is representing Johnson and K Brian Hanna is representing Louis.
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