Punches v. State

GOLDEN, Justice.

Appellant James E. Punches appeals his conviction on one count of incest for which he was sentenced to three and one-half years to five years in prison. He claims inflammatory pretrial publicity and improperly admitted evidence deprived him of a fair trial.

We affirm.

ISSUES

Punches presents these issues for our review:

I. Did the trial court deprive the Appellant of his right to a fair trial by denying the Appellant’s Motion to Change Venue, even though inflammatory pretrial publicity in the local papers had prejudiced the public against the Appellant?

II. Did the trial court…