Marcia Trimble Case Goes to the Jury

Marcia Trimble, date unknown

UPDATED 8/2012 to correct image

UPDATE!

WSMV Nashville reports that the case went to the jury at 1:40 pm ET. Reports on TruTv indicate that this courthouse is open 24/7 and that the sequestered jurors would be deliberating over the weekend if a verdict is not reached today. After the prosecution called a single rebuttal witness the case was rested and closing arguments were presented to the jury. Jerome Barrett is already serving a live sentence for the rape and murder of Des Prez in 1975.

I just want to mention that my friend, and author, Lisa Sweetingham is the correspondent in the field reporting for In Sessions. She's doing a fantastic job.

Saturday, July 18, 2009:
The jury convicted Barrett of two counts of second degree murder at 10:15 am, local time. His sentence is 44 years for both charges.

Trial Begins for Jerome Barrett Accused of 1975 Murder of Marcia Trimble

~Marcia Trimble

With jury selection completed the Marcia Trimble murder case will begin at 8:30 this morning. The jury consists of seven women and five men.

The first witness is expected to be Virginia Trimble, Marcia’s mother.

9-year-old Marcia disappeared Feb. 25, 1975 while delivering girlscout cookies. Evidence found when her body was discovered led police to believe that she had been sexually assaulted and strangled to death.

Jerome Barrett was convicted earlier this year of murdering Vanderbilt University student Sarah Des Prez in 1975.

He was arrested and charged with Marcia’s death in early 2008. Prosecutors, in opening statements will tell the jury that Barrett's DNA was found on Marcia's blouse.

The trial will be streamed by several local stations and TruTV may also carry the trial.

36 Year Timeline

Added note:

Sprocket here. Like a commenter mentioned, Steve Huff of True Crime Report was from the Nashville area before moving to Georgia, and has written extensively about the Trimble case on his old blog, True Crime Weblog. Here is a link to the stories he as previously written on that blog.