State v. Tannyhill

This is an appeal on questions of law from a sentence imposed upon a verdict finding defendant guilty of murder in the first degree without recommendation of mercy.

Although a number of errors are assigned, in our opinion the only error requiring extensive comment is the overruling of defendant’s motion for a change of venue.

The Constitution of Ohio declares that the right of trial by jury shall be inviolate (Section 5, Article I) and that in any trial in any court the accused has a right to be tried by an impartial jury of the county in which the offense is alleged to have been committed…