Jury selection for the murder trial of a local man accused of shooting his friend in the head in April 2014 is tentatively set for March.James Jeffrey Stubbs, 53, B. Stubbs Road, is accused of shooting Keith Wesley Brannen in the head April 22, 2014, at Stubbs’ home in Clito.After almost two years, the case is expected to go to trial after jury selection March 23. Members of both Stubbs’ and Brannen’s families were present Tuesday as a sheriff’s deputy led a handcuffed Stubbs into the courtroom.Part of the delay in moving to trial is the fact that Stubbs, first represented by Statesboro attorney Sims Lanier and currently by Atlanta-based attorney Brian Steele, last March appealed a Toombs County judge’s decision to deny his request to have a previous felony conviction set aside. The appeal was denied Jan. 11.Stubbs was convicted of felony marijuana possession more than 20 years ago in Toombs County, and that conviction factors into his current Bulloch County charges of felony murder and possession of a gun by a convicted felon, according to Ogeechee Judicial Circuit Assistant District Attorney Michael Muldrew, who is prosecuting the case.Stubbs’ attorney filed motions with the Middle Judicial Circuit earlier this year in efforts to have the felony marijuana conviction, which took place in the late 1980s, set aside, he said.Brannen’s deathBrannen was at Stubbs’ home around 9:45 p.m. April 22, 2014, when an argument occurred, and Stubbs reportedly shot him, according to Bulloch County sheriff’s reports.Sheriff’s patrol deputies found Brannen on the ground with a shotgun blast to the back and top of his head.