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Judge to hear arguments on evidence in police shooting trial

Demonstrators gather to pray for justice and reconciliation outside Hamilton County Courthouse ahead of the trial against former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing, who shot and killed motorist Sam DuBose during a traffic stop, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, in Cincinnati. The planned start of jury selection began Oct. 25. Tensing faces charges of murder and voluntary manslaughter. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Demonstrators gather to pray for justice and reconciliation outside Hamilton County Courthouse ahead of the trial against former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing, who shot and killed motorist Sam DuBose during a traffic stop, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, in Cincinnati. The planned start of jury selection began Oct. 25. Tensing faces charges of murder and voluntary manslaughter. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) Demonstrators gather to pray for justice and reconciliation outside Hamilton County Courthouse ahead of the trial against former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing, who shot and killed motorist Sam DuBose during a traffic stop, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, in Cincinnati. The planned start of jury selection began Oct. 25. Tensing faces charges of murder and voluntary manslaughter. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

By Associated Press 1 min read

CINCINNATI (AP) – An Ohio judge will hear arguments over defense efforts to use records of the convictions and medical condition of an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by a white former police officer during a traffic stop.

Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Megan Shanahan scheduled a Wednesday hearing.

Jury selection began Tuesday, and will continue into next week.

Ray Tensing is charged with murder and voluntary manslaughter in the shooting of 43-year-old Sam DuBose, who was pulled over for a missing front license plate near the University of Cincinnati. Tensing’s attorney says his client feared for his life.

Defense attorney Stewart Mathews says DuBose’s record of convictions, mostly for traffic violations and marijuana-related offenses, and medical records could be important to jurors’ understanding.

Prosecutors say the records are “clearly irrelevant.”

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This story has been corrected to show the attorney’s first name is Stewart, not Steward.