Dog ownership and experiences were at the forefront of questions during jury selection Monday ahead of an aggravated animal cruelty trial. Dewayne Steven Motes, Matthew Steven Motes and Nicholas Dewayne Motes, all of Gainesville, were charged in a February 2016 indictment with aggravated animal cruelty and aggravated assault among other charges. The three were accused in July 2015 “individually and as parties to the crime and co-conspirators” in the shooting death of a neighbor’s bullmastiff, according to the indictment.