HAPPENING NOW: They've struck a jury of 16--12 jurors, four alternates--in the federal hate crimes case of #AhmaudArbery's killers. Lawyers now have a chance to make Batson challenges, if they want--argue whether they think the other side used race to oust a juror. @wsbradio
@wsbradio U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood is giving instructions to the newly-seated jury for Travis & Greg McMichael and Roddie Bryan: Eight white, three Black, one Hispanic. #AhmaudArbery @wsbradio 
Judge Wood outlined the counts against the defendants. She's telling jurors now that after going to lunch, they will hear opening statements--a road map of what attorneys believe the evidence will be--then evidence begins. #AhmaudArbery @wsbradio
@wsbradio Judge Wood was about to dismiss for lunch. The defense is moving to dismiss Counts 1, 2, 4, & 5 for lack of jurisdiction. #AhmaudArbery @wsbradio
Defense says counts require certification of 1 of 4 members of Justice Department & there was no certification filed w/this indictment. It's a jurisdictional requirement, she argues. Only higher-ranking member to have name on it isn't a qualified designee #AhmaudArbery @wsbradio
@wsbradio She then moved to dismiss count 3 due to spillover prejudice. Judge Wood says she'll look at the bench brief over the lunch break and expect the Government to respond. Lunch break until 12:40 #AhmaudArbery @wsbradio
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