Jury selection is underway, and the process is expected to last approximately two weeks because it is a capital murder case, according to Dennis McManes, logistics coordinator for Judge Michael Buckwalter’s courtroom.
Merrick, 27, is charged with murder and aggravated murder, along with his brother, Bret Merrick, 25, in the Jan. 15, 2017, shooting deaths of Yellow Springs neighbors Brown and Mendenhall.
Brown and Mendenhall were neighbors of the Merrick brothers in a duplex near Yellow Springs.
The brothers could face the death penalty if convicted.
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Bret Merrick’s trial is scheduled to start in October.
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