(AllHipHop News) The trial of Baton Rouge, Louisiana rapper Lil Boosie begins today (April 30) in the rapper’s hometown.
According to The Advocate, 150 local residents will fill out forms to begin the selection process.
Jurors wont be questioned by State District Judge Mike Erwin until tomorrow, when the process restarts.
As reported before, the 12 jurors who will be selected will be anonymous, sequestered and under heavy security.
Lil Boosie is on trial for the 1st degree murder of a man named Terry Boyd in October 2009.
The rapper is accused of hiring a teenager named “Marlo” Mike Louding to kill him alledgedly.
Louding is also charged in five other murders, including Christopher “Nussie” Jackson, who was allegedly killed on Lil Boosie’s orders.
Lil Boosie, born Torrence Hatch, is not charged in any other slayings except the Terry Boyd murder.
Last week, District Judge Mike Erwin will that Lil Boosie’s lyrics could be used against him in court.
Prosecutors believe that Lil Boosie admitted to some of the crimes in his raps, while his defense attorneys claim that he is simply a rapper and that the lyrics have nothing to do with this case.
If Lil Boosie is convicted, he faces a life sentence.
He is currently being held at Angola State Prison.
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