Jury selection in the trial of a Simi Valley man who shot and killed his daughter’s boyfriend in November 2008 is expected to begin Feb. 16 at Ventura County Superior Court.

Harry Scribner, 66, faces the charge of involuntary manslaughter with the use of a gun, which could land him in prison for up to 21 years. He was indicted by the Ventura County grand jury in April 2009.

Scribner has admitted shooting 31-year-old Bryan Wall in front of the Scribner home on Heavenly Court on Nov. 16, 2008. He remains free on $140,000 bail.

The trial has been set to start Monday and will likely begin with a day of jury selection. However, it’s never guaranteed that the trial will begin on time, said Rebecca Day, a senior deputy district attorney in Ventura County.

“All I know is that it’s scheduled for trial,” Day said. “Usually we don’t know if there’s going to be courtrooms available or judges available or the defense attorney is going to be available. We just don’t know.”

The prosecution has said there was evidence that Scribner believed his daughter was being beaten by Wall and that he committed the crime in the heat of passion. According to police reports, Scribner grabbed a handgun when he was awakened in the middle of the night by someone beating on his door.

He found his daughter, Jamie Scribner, and Wall in front of his house. After what police have called an “encounter,” Wall died on Scribner’s driveway of a gunshot wound to the neck. Scribner’s wife made the 911 call.

Carlo Spiga, Scribner’s lawyer, didn’t return calls for comment by deadline. He told the Acorn in May 2009 that his client “is a law-abiding citizen who was woken at 1 a.m. by some maniac trying to break into his house,” and that he had “the right to protect his family.”

“He opens the door and his daughter is covered in blood because of a beating that was just administered by the victim,” Spiga said.

Toxicology results showed Wall, a father of one with a career in the film industry, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.16, twice the legal limit for driving.

To earn an involuntary manslaughter conviction, the prosecution will have to prove that Wall’s death occurred as a result of Scribner’s recklessness. An involuntary manslaughter charge carries a sentence range from six to 11 years. The gun charge adds three to 10 years.