As jury selection got underway in the murder trial of Atlanta attorney Claud “Tex” McIver Monday, questions that county prosecutors and McIver’s defense want to ask prospective jurors offered tantalizing hints as to how each side hopes to shape the narrative in the shooting death of his wife, Diane McIver.

Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Robert McBurney said he intends to seat 12 jurors and four alternates in the murder trial of the 75-year-old former Fisher & Phillips partner. The trial is expected to last through March.