Cheairs v. State

OPINION

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

Jeffry Cheairs, Daniel Marcheterre, Jerry Burch, Robert Unthank and Paul Couey were convicted in Montgomery County of first degree murder of Kaoru Y. Smith and sentenced to life imprisonment. Michael Gillmore was convicted of being an accessory before the fact of first degree murder and was also sentenced to life imprisonment. All six appeal in error.

Marcheterre says the trial court erred in refusing to grant a change of venue. He contends newspaper publicity was so inflammatory as to deprive him of a fair trial. He cites no authority in support of his claim.…