Jury selection in the murder trial of Jamarris Williams was completed Monday at the Monroe County courthouse in Forsyth and opening statements will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Williams allegedly summoned the cab of John Dixson, stabbed Dixson in the throat and left him to die in a southeast Lamar County ravine on March 16, 2012. He is charged with malice murder, three counts felony murder, armed robbery, two counts aggravated assault and hijacking a motor vehicle. The jury consists of five white females, three white males, two black females and two black males. The alternates are both white females. -Kay Pedrotti, reporting for The Herald Gazette/barnesville.com from the courtroom. Periodic updates by Walter Geiger from the trial will be available here all week.
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