State v. Shipley

HABHAB, Judge.

Defendant and Jeff Longfellow were charged in October 1986 with killing a sixty-two-year-old man while participating in a robbery. In December 1986, the defendant filed a motion for change of venue given the extensive publicity in the local Cedar Rapids media concerning this case. The district court overruled this motion in February 1987, but did allow defense counsel to submit a jury questionnaire regarding jury exposure to pretrial publicity. Defendant’s renewed motion for change of venue on March 16, 1987, the day of trial, was also overruled. Voir dire did include an…