The trial has opened in Chicago of the man accused of shooting three members of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson's family in 2008.
William Balfour, 30, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder. He has pleaded not guilty.
Ms Hudson's mother, 57-year-old Darnell Donerson, and brother, 29-year-old Jason Hudson, were found shot dead in their Chicago home on 24 October.
The body of her nephew - Julian King, seven - was found three days later.
Mr Balfour, the husband of Hudson's sister Julia, was arrested shortly after the killings.
Ms Hudson is among hundreds of potential witnesses who could be called to testify during the trial which is expected to last at least a month.
If convicted, Mr Balfour faces a life sentence.
The prosecution alleges that he shot the three in a jealous rage because he was upset that his estranged wife had been seeing another man.
Ms Hudson, a finalist on the 2004 series of American Idol, won an Oscar in 2007 for her supporting role in the musical Dreamgirls.
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