Jury deliberations are expected to start today after three days of testimony involving a city homicide wrapped up Wednesday in Charlottesville Circuit Court.

The noise of crackling paper filled the courtroom as the jury watched a police officer open a small brown package marked with red evidence tape.

A Charlottesville jury spent Monday hearing a rough outline of what happened around the time William Miller Herndon was shot at a party last summer on Hardy Drive.

Jason Scott Marshman won’t face a jury trial this week on murder charges in Charlottesville Circuit Court.