Davide Coggins
MAVYILLE – The effort to finalize the jury for the Davide Coggins double murder trial will continue Thursday in Mayville.
That after attorneys on Wednesday failed to select a 12 juror in the case against the Elmira man who is accused of driving with three others from Elmira to Wheeler Hill Rd. in the Town of Carroll to break into the home and kill the residents, Gordon and Joyce Skinner, in April 2013.
The Jamestown Post-Journal is reporting today that Judge John Ward has said that people are simply too familiar with the case, and as a result, already formed opinions about the defendant.
The three other men involved in the case have already struck a plea deal with the District Attorney’s office in exchange for testifying against Coggins – who is believed to be the ringleader of the group and the one who planned the crime.
Jury selection will continue today at 11:30 a.m.
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