Witnesses began testifying Tuesday in the re-trial for Justin Edward Patterson accused in the 2013 shooting death of Mikki Jay Dauntain in Morgan City. Patterson’s first murder trial ended with District Judge Lewis Pitman declaring a mistrial Dec. 9, 2016, because jurors remained deadlocked after more than seven hours of deliberations. Patterson, 28, is on trial for second-degree murder in the May 20, 2013, shooting death of Dauntain, 23. He is also being tried for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Jessicah Charisse Johnson, Patterson’s sister, has yet to go to trial on a second-degree murder in the case. Prosecutor Anthony ...