MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP) - A trial for a man accused in a southern Illinois killing more than seven years ago is scheduled to begin next week.
Online court records show that the proceedings involving 29-year-old Elijah Lacy are scheduled to start Monday in Jackson County.
Prosecutors allege Lacy broke into a Carbondale home on Jan. 6, 2007, and fired shots into the bedroom where Falon Taylor of Marion was sleeping, striking the 21-year-old mother.
The legal case involving Lacy have been delayed by years of litigation over whether prosecutors unconstitutionally delayed proceedings.
Lacy has pleaded not guilty.
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