The Louisiana Supreme Court has cleared the way for a Lansing, Mich., man to stand trial in the slaying of a homeless man in 2006.
Jury selection is scheduled to start Wednesday in Port Allen, La.
Twenty-nine-year-old Michael Garcia is being prosecuted on charges of first-degree murder, armed robbery, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated rape in the Feb. 8, 2006, attack.
Prosecutors say Garcia, his brother and another man discovered the victims sleeping at an abandoned service station near Port Allen.
Garcia is accused of fatally stabbing Matthew Millican after robbing him.
He also is accused of kidnapping Millican's female companion and participating in the rape of the woman.
The other two men accused in the case are scheduled to go on trial July 21 on lesser charges.