Published Monday, September 17, 2012

Jury selection Tuesday in Corner Tavern killing

By ALEX McRAE

alex@newnan.com

Jury selection will begin Tuesday in Coweta Superior Court for the trial of Adam Lee Edmondson, charged in a March 2012 fatal shooting at Newnan's Corner Tavern.

Edmondson, of Hogansville, Ga., is charged in the shooting death of James Christopher Johnson III, 25, of Powell Place in Newnan.

Authorities said the shooting came after confrontations between the two men over two consecutive nights regarding Johnson’s girlfriend.