LAKE COUNTY — Attorneys screened the last of the potential jurors Tuesday in the case against two Clearlake men facing murder charges and selected the jury and two alternates.
Shannon Lee Edmonds and Melvin Dale Norton appeared in plain clothes at the courthouse in Lakeport.
Edmonds and Norton allegedly stabbed Shelby Ryan Uehling, 25, of Bozeman, Mont. to death early Sept. 22.
Edmonds and Norton are charged with murder, assault with a knife, assault with a club and assault likely to produce great bodily injury. Norton is additionally charged with accessory to murder. Special allegations accompany Edmonds” charges because great bodily injury was allegedly inflicted.
The charges carry a maximum sentence of 25 years to life in prison without possibility of parole.
Uehling was staying with friends in Clearlake for a few months before his death, according to the Lake County Coroner”s Office.
Clearlake police responded to a call near Old Highway 53 and Clement Drive where they found Uehling, Clearlake Police Chief Allan McClain said. An ambulance transported Uehling to St. Helena Hospital, Clearlake where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Edmonds and Norton remain in custody at the Lake County Jail with $1 million bail each.
Evidentiary hearings will begin today at 9 a.m. at the County Courthouse in Lakeport.
