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Jury selection begins in triple slaying trial

By The Associated Press

Story Created: Feb 8, 2010 at 10:28 AM MST

Story Updated: Feb 8, 2010 at 10:28 AM MST

BILLINGS - Jury selection has begun in the case of a Billings man accused of killing three of his neighbors in 2006.

Jury selection in the case against 47-year-old Richard Covington had started three weeks ago, but was postponed when prosecutors announced they had found new DNA evidence linking Covington to one of the victims.

Jury selection is expected to take all week.

Covington is charged with killing Patti Hubbert, Norman Leighton and Gerald Morris. Covington is serving a 40-year prison term for armed robbery.

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