ron mass ron matz is in the courtroom with more on what happened. >> reporter: a jury of his peers must decide if leave stevens will pay the ultimate price for his crimes. today stevens decided to let a jury decide if he should face the death penalty for killing officer david mcquinn at the now closed maryland house of correction, that is according to our partner the baltimore sun. first jurors will return to decide if stevens meets the criteria to be eligible for a death sentence. she would be the first person executed since they changed their capitol punishment law, making it harder to sentence inmates to death. back to you. >> ron, thank you, stevens was already serve in life in prison for murder when mcquinn was slain. >>> meantime jury selection for the trial of a man accused of skilling a killing a state trooper also begins today. he was working as a security guard at an applebes prosecutors say brown threw him out earlier and he came back and shot him. >> the murder trial of george huguely is entering its second week as jurors get ready to hear more about how yeardly love. we have this report. >> reporter: good afternoon, as the prosecution gets ready to wrap up its case experts predict an uphill battle for the defense. he had a pattern of getting drunk and assaulting his girlfriend. last week jurors heard a two hour police interrogation, initially he denied knowing she was dead but later he admited to putting his hands around her neck. another lacrosse player from the university of north carolina also testified. mike burns told jurors huguely went into a fit of rage when he found out they hooked up. burns