monday morning just before a 30 a.m. the family of yardley love is escorted. lloyd snook has had more than 100 mortar -- murder cases as this has a limited jury pool as staff and students will certainly be struck. >> i expect we will end up with a fair number of retired people. we will end up with a fair number of government employees and other people who have jobs that will allow them to weeks of for jury service. >> the judge, commonwealth, and defense attorneys told jurors. whether a juror would be able to find him innocent or guilty or to have reservations about reasonable doubt. or if they had problems looking extremely graphic photos and if they had formed an opinion because of media coverage or someone they knew close to the

case. as far as what types of people both sides are looking for, he said the defense is looking for an open mind. >> what you want is to say i think i have set -- heard some things about the case. i will restrict my decision to what i hear and see here in the courtroom. >> the commonwealth even though most of the publicity surrounding the case is in its favor, there are still challenges. >> the challenge for the prosecution is if they want to get jurors who are sensitive to those issues, but not so committed that there excludable. -- they are excludable. >> 13 of 27 potential jurors have been chosen from that. each side will get to strike six. we will have a jury of 12 with three alternates. because this is taking so long we were supposed to go to 90 and got to about 45. it looks like the court will be extended until 8:00 p.m. this evening and the judge will pick up things again tomorrow

morning at 9:00 a.m. in the hopes that a jury will be selected by tomorrow afternoon. we're live in charlottesville, virginia. wbal tv 11 news. >> you can see the pictures from the courthouse and find links to support the causes and scholarships in her memory. that is in a fix special extended coverage section. jury deliberations continue in the trial of a man can -- accused of killing a state corrections officer. they cornered him and stabbed him to death that the house of corrections in 2006. the jury is considering every piece of key evidence including his uniform that contained the blood. if convicted they could face the death penalty. >> life in prison, the sentence for for more employee of an anne arundel dentist after pleading guilty to his murder. chante hickman entered a plea of

guilty. our reporter barry simms and joins us with the details. >> investigators believe that she said of the murder to hide another crime. the former dental assistant made a horrible choice and is now seeing the impact of that choice. just before a judge in anne arundel county circuit court found her guilty of murder, chante hickman said she could not change would happen. she accepted a plea agreement that gave her a life prison sentence. >> she did that with the expectation that the sentence would allow her one day to return to her family. it was a sad case for all. >> she wept and her voice quivered as she apologize to the family of the doctor. the dentist was her boss. he became a victim. he was killed at his glen burnie office in september 2006.

" she realized beyond the penalties she has to pay their maybe a spiritual one that we before as well. she felt bad about her involvement. >> she said the family, "i am sorry for my choices, i did not think about a lot of things. i have district law, his family and mine. i made a terrible choice." that choice included steely and cashing 28 kasia madera -- checks from the practice. the total amount to more than $17,000. beaten and a blueprint was found on his face where he was stopped. his stepdaughter gave impact statement saying the victim was committed to his family and church. his brother michael recalled he gave up his medical practice because he was worried about suffering the same fate. >> the state's position is that

she brought it on herself. and so that is the way it is. she will have to live with it. she will have to live with the consequences of corrections. >> a fingerprint of donte jeter was found. he is in the maryland division of corrections because of an unrelated homicide that happened in 2008 in baltimore. the trial for donte jeter is set to begin here on may 14. two other suspects were involved. the murder case is still under investigation. >> thank you. the author of this controversial calls that went out on election day in 2010 was also in court today. julius hinson --

iwas convicted. the call suggested that the election was over before the polls had closed. he argued that shawn -- charges are unconstitutional and the case against him should be thrown out. >> what is the nature of your defense? >> we basically state -- the state made a mistake in bringing this case and we will prove it. >> hanson will be back in court tomorrow. the top aide has been convicted on similar charges and will be sentenced next week. >> the joint legislative ethics committee is considering action against state senator ulysses currie. he failed to disclose that he was a paid consultant for national grocers while performing his duties as an elected official. david collins is following the case and joins us live with more. >> senator kerry met with that committee behind closed doors

for 4.5 hours. he tried to leave your back door but we caught up with him. you are in their long time. what did they ask you, what did they want to know? >> i cannot comment. >> is there any wiggle room for a negotiated deal? >> not until after a decision has made. >> do you get any sense of when a decision would be rendered? >> it will be soon. it is out of our control. >> senator ulysses currie met for 4.5 hours behind closed doors. his case was referred to the panel after his acquittal in federal court on bribery and other charges related to his consulting agreement with shoppers food warehouse. the grocer paid carry $245,000 between 2003 and 2008. he was a senator at the time and chairman of the budget and taxation committee. he did not reveal details on his

disclosure forms. the committee is considering sanctions. this could be anything from a reprimand to censure or even expulsion. the joint committee is made up of six delegates and six senators. the chairman is senator curry's seat mate. the senate will vote but when that will happen is not known at this time. >> baltimore county police are investigating a sexual assault of a 16-year-old. investigators say the victim was walking near north bend drive. that is when we are told to man pulled her into a car and attacked her. >> one has a light complexion and short dark hair. >> anyone with information is urged to call baltimore -- baltimore county police.

>> much more ahead tonight. >> this gas prices keep going up. >> spring training arrive soon. and for the orioles it will arrive without one of the most consistent players. we will tell you why leader in sports. >> there is some winter weather in the seven-day forecast. we will show you when that transition occurs. we are looking at a gorgeous shot of the moon. shot of the moon. 52 at the in

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rob roblin has the details. >> if it feels like and looks like gas prices are going up almost every day you're right. last week alone prices in the baltimore, maryland area went up on average what -- 5 cents. >> it is nothing i can do. i have to go to work and get my kids. what can i do? but pay. >> usually gas prices are low. not this year. >> of the average gas price is up 45 cents. a year ago it was trading $3 a gallon. now we're at $3.52. it has gone up a nickel from a week ago. >> a few pennies here and a few pennies there. the price continues to rise. consumers feel stuck. >> it is a shame what is going on. what you going to do? >> it never stops. >> what do you think?

>> it is awful. i do not know what to do. >> if you have a business that makes deliveries -- >> more money. out your pocket. in this economy where people are low-end funds and out of work. >> for people who sell gas there's nothing they can do. >> it keeps going up for you. >> always. they do come down. right now we're seeing minor increases. the price has gone up. it is to be expected. >> on topple this, the governor wants to raise taxes on gas. >> no way. it is a regressive tax and it will hurt more people than there trying to help. >> crazy. pretty crazy. to hard on people to keep raising taxes. >> where taxed enough.

-- we are taxed enough. people are struggling the most. >> many analysts predict we should see prices bottom out later in the year. in 2011 prices started to rise but then they started to taper off as we got later in to the year. >> let's hope so. to give you an example, nationwide an average of last week alone, the price went up almost a dime. >> we have been tracking the trends on wbaltv.com. you can see how prices compare. we will help you find the lowest gas prices where we are. checkout our new smartphone app for more. >> on this sixth day of

february we're back into spring mohd. we're back into the 50's today. 53 at the airport. the official number for the day. 56 at the inner harbor. clotheslined 20's and 30's. 16 inches of snow. you remember that storm a few years ago. the two of the today's storm, february 5 and 6325 total inches of snow. the fourth biggest storm on record going back to the late 1800's'. some suburbs 35 inches of snow. the biggest one was the president's day storm. general 1922. the second one that came through the week, the ninth biggest on record. we had two top-10 snow falls in

one week. two years ago today. 52 in baltimore. a dramatic turnaround in this winter without winter. the patter is not letting the cold stick around. temperatures in the 40's. it will be cold tonight. reading.ree waitin light winds and it will chill pretty quickly. a batch of cloudiness on the computer maps going into the 2:00 a.m. there is a weather disturbance that will pass out the less. pretty strong system. 18,000 feet above ground. not enough moisture to do anything other than produce a couple of clouds over night. it will be mostly clear. 25 suburbs, 35 downtown baltimore. a sunny day on tap. one more day into the low and the mid 50's. waves around a foot. 30 in the mountains and some

snow. an inch on wednesday. a cold front on tuesday night brings rain and snow showers. a 20% chance on the lower eastern shore. it will be because of a friend through canada. here is the system that brings a patch of clouds tonight. this front comes through tomorrow night and held low pressure tracks along the front and brings the risk of snow. it may be enough smell, probably not at sunrise but shortly after that. light snow develops and rain south of baltimore. the mixture could produce a light accumulation in the cold and northern suburbs. the potential is up to an inch on the pennsylvania line. maybe an inch or so of snow. 53 tomorrow with sunny skies. 40's on thursday.

back to 50 and friday before a shot of cold air. that may trigger a few more snow showers. >> from the susquehanna bates sports center, this is 11 news sports. >> orioles pitchers and catchers report to spring training. not only have they not added any big names, today they parted ways with one of the more familiar names. jeremy guthrie. they traded him to colorado. for a pair of pictures. he became the team's most consistent and durable pitcher. he started opening day three times. hamel has a career record of 34 wins and 45 losses as a starter and an e.r.a. hundred 25. still needs a signature went to get into the conversation for

march madness. maryland could look to find its first conference win. duke on saturday. the troops lost five of their last seven. competitive enough they could get hot down the stretch. they have to lead the terps. something that can happen. >> my first individual -- there's no way i can coach these kids. just the things he is doing defensively and transition, he was starting saturday. i cannot believe how far he has come. it is a great sign. >> more people have walked on the maland that have won two super bowl mvp's. eli manning picked up his award. eli picked up his new bride.

in know you have done something big when they drive a car into a ballroom before you. he feels like he could probably walk on the moon. he wants to enjoy the feeling as the only nfl quarterback to celebrate the win in the last game of the season. >> you play for your teammates and your organization. to give them the opportunity for these next five or six months, we can say we're the best. that is a pretty nice feeling. >> i wonder if you get to drive your car out of the ballroom? >> that was a lack of sleep. >> we have a look at the seven- day forecast after this. mine was earned over the south pacific in 1943.

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rex storms on the horizon. >> lurking. ." >> a cold front tour night and a light snow on the area on wednesday. warming up before more snow showers arrive on saturday and sunday. nothing like two years ago. >> thanks for joining us. >> see you back here tonight at 11:00 p.m. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

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