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« Boston Bruins' president stepping down | Today | Cranston man pleads guilty to fatally stabbing brother » August 9, 2006800 potential jurors sought for Station fire trialEight hundred Kent County residents will be summoned as potential jurors for the Michael A. Derderian trial in letters mailed tomorrow and Friday. The potential jurors will be told to report to the new Kent County Court House, Warwick, in groups of 200 on Sept. 5 and 6, at four different times – 8:30 a.m. both mornings and 1:30 p.m. both afternoons, according to John O’Hara, the state’s deputy jury commissioner, who works in Kent, Newport and Washington counties. More typically, the court sends summons letters to about 80 people and then selects from that pool for two to three trials, O’Hara said. Derderian is one of two brothers who owned the The Station, a West Warwick nightclub that burned down in February 2003, killing 100 people. His trial on involuntary manslaughter charges is scheduled to begin with jury selection on Sept. 5. The trial for his brother, Jeffrey A. Derderian, is set to follow. -- projo.com staff writer Kate Bramson The summons letters will carry no indication that potential jurors are being called for the Derderian trial, O’Hara said. They will be the court’s standard summons letters, although no summons letters for any other trials are going out today, tomorrow or Friday, O’Hara said. In order to be called for jury duty, O’Hara said, people must meet at least one of the following qualifications within the last year: be a registered voter, be a licensed driver, have a valid form of identification from the registry of motor vehicles, have filed an income tax return or have collected unemployment compensation. The court is seeking people who have not formed an opinion on the case. Posted by Kate Bramson CommentsDonna Howard | August 9, 2006 12:49 PM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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