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Jury selection in the Marissa Alexander case will begin a week ahead of her trial in July in Jacksonville.

Circuit Judge James Daniel said Wednesday he planned to start interviewing jurors July 21. The trial is scheduled to begin July 28.

Usually the start of a trial is when jury selection begins. But Daniel said he wanted to pick the jury the week before and be ready to go with opening statements July 28.

Daniel also said he was leaning against sequestering the jury but hadnt made a final decision. Attorneys for the prosecution and defense both told Daniel they preferred not to sequester the jurors.

Alexander, 33, is out on bond while awaiting a new trial on charges of firing a gun at her estranged husband and his two children. She was previously convicted of three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and sentenced to 20 years in prison, but that conviction was thrown out on appeal.

She could face 60 years in prison if shes convicted again. The case has generated international attention.

Daniel also set a hearing for May 16 to decide whether he was going to allow another Stand Your Ground hearing in the case.

It will be the second time Alexander seeks immunity from prosecution under the states Stand Your Ground law, which allows the use of deadly force instead of retreating if the person is afraid for his or her life. A claim in July 2011 was rejected.

Daniel indicated Wednesday he wasnt sure if he would allow a second Stand Your Ground hearing but acknowledged he had not yet read the filings by Alexanders lawyers.

The new Stand Your Ground motion, filed last month by attorney Bruce Zimet, argues that there is critical new information that wasnt heard in the original Stand Your Ground hearing. It also says the information presented at the original hearing was at best grossly incomplete.

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Jury selection in Marissa Alexander case scheduled for July 21; Stand Your Ground still being considered