State v. Campbell

BALEY, Judge.

The defendant assigns as error the denial of his motion for a change of venue on the grounds of unfavorable publicity, or, in the alternative, for a special venire from another county. This motion is addressed to the discretion of the trial judge, and his decision in the exercise of such discretion will not be disturbed on appeal unless a manifest abuse is shown. State v. Blackmon, 280 N.C. 42, 185 S.E. 2d 123; State v. Ray, 274 N.C. 556, 164 S.E. 2d 457; State v. Brown and State v. Maddox and State v. Phillips, 13 N.C. App. 261, 185 S.E. 2d 471, cert. denied, 280 N.C. 723. In…