Fannon v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Reversing., The appellant, Ñola Fannon, has been sentenced to twenty-one years’ imprisonment for the killing of her husband.

The Commonwealth’s attorney filed a motion for a change of venue upon the grounds that public sentiment was “very, very prejudicial” to the Commonwealth, and that the defendant was related to many people in Knox County, so that the Commonwealth could not secure a fair and impartial trial. The evidence introduced on the motion established that the defendant did have, many kinsfolk in the southern part of the county but only one…