Jackson, MISSISSIPPI

JUDGE ORDERED RETRIAL. Second trial jury found her not guilty.

Jan 1, 2007 - WLBT-3 will follow as "High Profile Cases Head to Court" including court for two Jackson Public School teachers.

First, there is the preliminary hearing for Carla Hughes. (Our entry for Hughes) scheduled for Jan 2nd.

Then, jury selection begins for is Elicia Hughes, 28. (No relation) She is the school teacher who was arrested for the 2004 murder of her husband, Brian Hughes. He was shot several [turns out to be 6] times inside the couple's home in Jackson.

TRIAL (Jan 3) Trial begins for Elicia Hughes. Hughes remains on administrative leave from her teaching post at a Jackson elementary school.

UPDATE: (Jan 5) Husband was insured for $250,000.

UPDATE: (Jan 8) Brian Hughes was a philandering husband and lawyer speculates which might have lead someone else to shoot him.

GUILTY VERDICT (Jan 10) Jury found Hughes guilty. Circuit Judge Winston Kidd sentenced Hughes, 35, a former Jackson Public Schools teacher, to life in prison. The Hughes had two children, ages 3 and 4, at the time of the murder.

RETRIAL ORDERED (Feb 22) - A circuit judge has ordered a retrial on the grounds that one of the reasons the state gave for striking a potential juror was not race neutral. Prosecutors in the Hinds County District Attorney's office had to explain why they used all their strikes to remove potential African-American jurors from Hughes' murder trial.

TRIAL DATE SCHEDULED (Apr 15) - A new date has been set for the re-trial of Hughes. The trial is scheduled for Nov 5.

RETRIAL - Nov 4 - The retrial is set to begin Tuesday.

NOT GUILTY VERDICT Nov 16 - The jury found Hughes not guilty.

Jan 2, 2008 - SleazeTV running tapes of the trial.