The trial against Lemon Lane, the man charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Anthony Nathan, will begin with jury selection today.
According to a motion filed by the Public Defenders Office, the state will seek the death penalty.
Lane was arrested Aug. 20, 2009, by the Leon County Sheriff's office.
LCSO found Nathan with a shotgun wound outside his house on Cathedral Drive. He was taken to Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare, where he later died of his injuries.
Lane was arrested after he ran a red light and admitted to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Officer Chris Jones that he'd just shot a man.
According to the LCSO probable cause affidavit, Lane and Nathan were involved in a physical fight earlier in the day and Nathan's wife, Carla Nathan, said she witnessed her husband and Lane fight twice. During the second fight, Nathan and Lane threatened each other with tire irons, she said.
The affidavit said Lane reportedly went home, picked up a shotgun and followed Nathan and his wife back to their house. Lane found Nathan working on his car, fired once and pursued Nathan when he tried to escape.
Prosecutor Jack Campbell and public defender Steven Been have been assigned to the case.
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