BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Jury selection will begin in the retrial of Everrick Houston, a Manatee County man charged with being one of the people responsible for the shooting that killed a woman and her baby.
The Bradenton Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1W3tVm2) that 34-year-old Houston is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and armed robbery. Crystal Moore, who was six months pregnant when she was shot, died. Her baby was delivered through an emergency C-section but also died.
If convicted, Houston faces life in prison. The state is not seeking the death penalty.
In November 2014, a judge declared a mistrial when the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict.
Circuit Judge Deno Economou ruled to allow testimony of a drug deal and the related conversation less than an hour before the fatal shooting.
