Potential jurors get look at defendant, minus ink
Main just days before the robbery.
Prosecutors said Morgan broke into the victim’s home in the 8000 block of Green Pasture Avenue, pistol-whipped her over the head so hard that the trigger guard broke into pieces, and then shot her in the back of the head.
During questioning by the judge and attorneys on Monday, one woman reported reading about Morgan’s cover-up procedure in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and she was dismissed from jury duty.
She told others a few details about the article, and one man said he could still decide the case fairly, knowing Morgan had tattoos.
By law, jurors are supposed to consider only the facts of the case, not a defendant’s appearance.
Each day before jurors are led into the courtroom, the cosmetologist is scheduled to apply the makeup. When jurors see him, he will be uncuffed and wearing street clothes.
The makeup is to be scrubbed off before he is returned to the Clark County Detention Center each evening. On Monday, the cosmetologist suggested a brown shirt, rather than white or black.
Morgan’s capital murder trial is scheduled for next month, when another judge may have to decide whether the tattoos should be covered again. Contact David Ferrara at dferrara@reviewjournal.com or 702-380-1039. Find @randompoker on Twitter.