A panel of 16 jurors has been selected for the trial of two Revere men charged in the 2007 fatal shooting of Revere Police Officer Daniel Talbot and the proceedings are expected to begin in earnest tomorrow.

Before the empanelment process began, murder defendant ROBERT IACOVIELLO, Jr. (D.O.B. 6/19/87), on Monday pleaded guilty to a single count of unlawful possession of a firearm for a 9mm Ruger handgun recovered from his Thurlow Avenue home a few days after Talbot’s homicide.

That firearm, recovered during the execution of a search warrant obtained prior to Iacoviello’s arrest, was not the murder weapon. Iacoviello will be sentenced for the firearm after the trial concludes.

Iacoviello is charged first-degree murder for allegedly shooting Talbot once in the head in the early morning hours of Sept. 29, 2007. Prosecutors allege he was summoned to the scene by an associate who became engaged in a verbal altercation with Talbot’s group.

Also facing trial is JAMES HEANG (D.O.B. 6/19/90), an Iacoviello associate charged as an accessory to Talbot’s murder after the fact. Heang allegedly assisted in the destruction of the murder weapon and clothing Iacoviello wore on the night of the shooting.

Two defendants – DEREK LODIE (D.O.B. 1/28/90) and GIA NAGY (D.O.B. 6/2/90) – have already pleaded guilty to their roles in Talbot’s homicide and are serving state prison sentences.

Assistant District Attorney Edmond Zabin, chief of Suffolk DA Daniel F. Conley’s Homicide Unit, is prosecuting the case with Assistant District Attorney Edward Krippendorf. Attorneys Peter Krupp and Willie Davis represent Iacoviello and Heang, respectively. Judge Patrick Brady is presiding over the case in courtroom 815 of Suffolk Superior Court.

Jurors are expected to take a view of the crime scene and other locations tomorrow morning. On their return to the courthouse, they will hear lawyers’ opening statements and begin taking testimony. The trial is expected to last about three weeks.