LIVINGSTON - Jury selection has been completed, and opening statements are set to begin Wednesday afternoon in the retrial of a woman whose previous conviction on a first-degree rape charge was set aside when an appeals court said the judge had stacked the deck against her.

Melanie Curtin had been sentenced to life in prison, but faces lesser charges of simple rape and video voyeurism. She was drawn into the case as prosecutors pursued former Livingston Parish deputy Dennis Perkins and his wife for sex crimes involving children. Curtin's alleged offenses do not involve minors.

Lawyers and District Judge Brian K. Ables picked 12 jurors and three alternates for the retrial. 

With the jurors seated as of 2 p.m., opening arguments are set to begin Wednesday afternoon.