GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The attorney for Christopher Schurr, the former Grand Rapids police officer charged with killing Patrick Lyoya in 2022, accused the Lyoya family’s attorney of trying to sway the jury pool.
Jury selection is expected to begin Tuesday in the highly anticipated second-degree murder trial. In the typical murder trial in Kent County, the court calls in 60 to 80 potential jurors, giving them enough to choose from for a jury of 12, along with some alternates.
But on Monday, knowing how difficult that might be, the court called in at least 200…