CHATTANOOGA – Selecting 14 jurors to hear the second trial of Cory Batey, a former Vanderbilt University football player charged with rape, is expected to continue Thursday in Chattanooga.
Seven hours of questioning potential jurors on Wednesday was preceded by Batey’s dramatic but unsuccessful attempt to fire his longtime attorney. The first day also indicated that Batey’s defense team may revive its strategy from the previous trial, which in part blamed drunkenness for Batey’s actions in a Vanderbilt dorm room on June 23, 2013.
In his previous testimony, Batey said he was so drunk he did not remember sexually penetrating an unconscious woman and apologized to her in court.
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