Former state trooper James Bonard Fowler has no trial date a year after being indicted for a fatal shooting in 1965 that became a catalyst for the historic voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery.

The victim's daughter -- Cordelia Herd Billingsley of Marion -- is growing tired of not having answers about the death of her father.

And the 74-year-old ex-trooper wonders about his future, saying he's "just floating -- taking one day at a time."

A Perry County grand jury indicted Fowler on May 9th of 2007, on first-degree and second-degree murder charges involving the shooting death of Jimmie Lee Jackson.

Jackson, a 26-year-old black man, was shot by the white trooper during a civil rights protest in the west Alabama town of Marion on Feb. 18th of 1965. Jackson died eight days later at a Selma hospital.

Circuit Judge Tommy Jones has not yet set a trial date. He also hasn't ruled on a defense bid to have the charges dismissed and to hold any trial away from west Alabama.

District Attorney Michael Jackson, no relation to the victim, says he hopes a trial can be held in the fall or winter.

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