Jury Selection Complete in UVA Lacrosse Murder Trial

iStockphoto/Thinkstock(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- A jury of seven men and seven women was selected Wednesday for the murder trial of former University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely, accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and classmate Yeardley Love.

In addition to the dozen jurors, two alternates were selected for the trial that is expected to last two weeks in Charlottesville, Va. It's not clear the make-up of the 12 who will be the main jury. It took two days for the court to whittle down the pool of 160 potential jurors to 15. During questioning, many said they would not be able to be impartial in the trial.

Opening arguments are expected to be presented Wednesday.

Huguely, 24, pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of first-degree murder and five other charges.

Love, 22, was found dead face-down in a pool of blood in the early hours of May 3, 2010 in her off-campus apartment in Charlottesville. Her face was covered in scrapes and bruises, according to a police warrant, and her right eye was swollen shut.

Love was a star lacrosse player at the school and a senior just weeks away from graduation.

Huguely, also a lacrosse player for the school's nationally ranked team, waived his Miranda rights in interviews with police after Love was found and confessed that he kicked in the door to Love's bedroom and shook her violently, repeatedly banging her head against the wall, according to police documents.

His attorneys have since claimed that Love's murder was a tragic mistake and that Love's death was caused by an irregular heartbeat caused by Adderall and alcohol, not a beating.

An autopsy performed on Love found that she died from blunt force trauma to the head.

If convicted of first degree murder, Huguely could be sentenced to life in prison. He could face 40 years if convicted of second degree murder. A manslaughter conviction could lower the sentence to 10 years.

Huguely's arrest in Love's case was not his first run-in with the law. He had been arrested before for resisting arrest and public intoxication, charged with reckless driving and involved in a domestic dispute with his father on the family yacht.

Huguely is being held without bond in the Albermarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail.

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