Jury selection under way for man accused in slaying of UNR professor

BY MARTHA BELLISLE • mbellisle@rgj.com • October 13, 2008 In a stuffy courtroom packed with prospective jurors, a prosecutor and defense lawyers began the process Monday of picking the panel of community members who will decide the murder case of the Reno businessman accused of killing a University of Nevada, Reno, associate professor. Mohamed Kalam Kamaludeen, 39, known locally as Rickey Barge, is charged with the Aug. 18, 2007, stabbing death Judy Calder, 64, of Incline Village. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges of murder with a deadly weapon of a person over the age of 60, and one count of solicitation to commit murder. His trial before Washoe District Judge Patrick Flanagan is expected to last about two weeks. Kamaludeen’s lawyer, Chief Deputy Public Defender Maize Pusich, said she expects jury selection to take... [read full story]