EDGARD — A criminal trial for the LaPlace Feed & Supply burglary-turned-homicide that claimed the life of Steven Finckbeiner in February 2014 will begin March 25 at the Edgard Courthouse.

Jury selection is set to start at 10 a.m., according to the St. John the Baptist Parish Clerk of Court’s Office. Witness testimonies will follow.

Defendant Charles McQuarter III, the alleged shooter, is charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder.

Attorney Lisa Parker of the St. John Parish Public Defenders Office represents McQuarter, while attorney Lea Hall Jr. leads the prosecution.

Judge J. Sterling Snowdy affirmed the March 25 trial date during Monday’s pre-trial hearing in Edgard.

Steven and Connie Finckbeiner, married owners of the feed store, were the victims of a Feb. 25, 2014, attack that left Steven dead by gunfire and Connie bleeding at the scene from a gunshot wound to the head.

In May 2014, a St. John Parish Grand Jury indicted McQuarter and Dracier Dewey, both 22-year-old Reserve residents at the time, for their alleged involvement.

Dewey, represented by public defender Shannon Battiste, was charged with being a principal to second-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder.

Dewey’s trial will be handled separately at an undetermined date following McQuarter’s trial.