JURY SELECTION BEGINS IN FATAL 2006 STABBING TRIAL Feb. 26, 2008 Suffolk County homicide prosecutors today began picking jurors for the trial of a man accused of fatally stabbing 28-year-old James “Black” Green in the violent denouement to a simmering conflict between the two former friends. MICHAEL “MAN” SCOTT, 22 (D.O.B. 4/8/85), of Dorchester is charged with first-degree murder for Green’s slaying on Washington Street on the night of June 12, 2006. Evidence suggests that Scott and Green had been friends for years prior to the weeks before Green’s homicide, when one of Scott’s associates had an argument with Green. In the course of the grand jury investigation that led to Scott’s indictment, witnesses testified that Scott had told them he no longer felt safe around Green. On the evening of Green’s stabbing, witnesses said, Green and Scott became involved in an argument and a family member drove Scott from Washington Street to Wheatland Street. Those statements are consistent with the observations of a Boston Police officer walking his Codman Square walking beat on the night of June 12, who saw the defendant and victim engaged in a verbal argument at about 8:30 p.m. That officer saw Scott leave the area in a sport-utility vehicle. Green was pat-frisked, was found to have no weapons on him, and said he was going home. About half an hour later, other officers observed a crowd running away from a fight near the intersection of Washington and Rosedale streets. Responding to the scene, they found Green suffering from stab wounds; the victim was rushed to Boston Medical Center and pronounced dead of his injuries less than an hour later. Multiple witnesses told investigators that they had seen Green approach Scott and slap him, sparking a physical altercation. Some witnesses described seeing Scott produce a knife and stab Green with it, while others indicated that they only realized Green had been stabbed when he collapsed in the street and Scott ran away. In the aftermath of the incident, Scott allegedly told family members that he didn’t mean to kill Green. He later fled the state and was arrested in November of 2006 in Tallahassee, Florida. Scott is represented by attorney Scott Curtis. Jury selection is ongoing before Judge Judith Fabricante in courtroom 817 of Suffolk Superior Court. Return to the Press Releases page.