COEUR d'ALENE — A jury was seated late Tuesday afternoon for the double-murder trial of teenager Eldon G. Samuel III. Ten men and four women — including two alternates — were picked in the 1st District Court case.

Twelve of them will decide Samuel's fate on counts of first-degree and second-degree murder for the deaths of his brother and father. Opening statements are scheduled for this morning.

Potential jurors Tuesday from Kootenai County were questioned by lawyers in the case about lethal self defense, children's brains versus adults' brains, the warped reality portrayed by violent video games and movies, and how social isolation affects kids.

Defense attorney John Adams also wanted to know if those in the jury pool believed parents could convince children that something is real when it isn't. And he didn't mean Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy.

"Does anyone here believe that zombies are real?" Adams asked. Samuel's slain father, Eldon Samuel Jr., believed they were real and taught his son as much.

Adams already has said Samuel did the killing and the case would come down to his client's state of mind at the time.

Kootenai County Deputy Prosecutor Art Verharen asked potential jurors about children playing violent video games and watching violent zombie movies and shows.

"How many people would consider it to be an excuse for violent behavior?" Verharen asked.

The potential jurors didn't see it as an excuse for violent acts. However, several spoke up during the selection process to say such games and shows warped reality for children and made them more aggressive.

At the end of the day Tuesday, outside the presence of the jury, Adams argued to Judge Benjamin Simpson that he should be able to use 112 slides in his opening statements. Simpson denied the request.

The slides were to depict the world in which Samuel grew up.

The images would have shown jurors that Samuel's parents were violent criminals, and that his father abused prescription drugs. They would show the numerous weapons lying around the home Samuel shared with his brother and father in Coeur d'Alene.

There were pictures of Samuel's younger and autistic brother, Jonathan, before Samuel had killed him.

Also in the slides: A zombie apocalypse survival handbook, zombie hunter patch, and zombie video games.

Another image was of Samuel's mouth and his unhealthy teeth, which Adams said left his client in pain.

"This is a very dysfunctional family," Adams told Simpson.

He said his client moved 23 times by the time he was arrested in March 2014 for the killings, at age 14. He is being tried as an adult.

The trial is underway at the Kootenai County Juvenile Justice Building at 205 N. Fourth St.