James Greenwood sat quietly between his two attorneys Tuesday morning in Courtroom 407, dressed in a black suit and with trimmed facial hair, as lawyers on both sides started arguments in the murder case against him. The trial for the 37-year-old man, who fatally shot his estranged stepfather in November 2014, finally began Tuesday after four years of hearings, motions and attempts to have the case dismissed under Florida's "stand your ground" law. Now, a jury of four men and 10 women will decide if Greenwood acted in self-defense when he shot Al Jones, or if, like the state says, he planned the attack and should be found guilty of first-degree premeditated murder. . In opening statements, both sides agreed to a basic set of facts: On Nov. 21, 2014, Jones, who was married to Greenwood's mother and whose name was on the deed to their house, as well as another man who was acquainted with Jones, entered the house on Mobile Highway through the laundry room door. Greenwood, who had been hiding in another room of the house, then shot Jones several times with a 12-gauge shotgun, and Jones was found dead of gunshot wounds next to a set of trash cans beside the house.
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