Blevins v. State

Jordan, Judge.

The defendant was indicted for murder by the grand jury of Walker County on August 22, 1963, and on the following day he moved for a change of venue on the grounds that there would be a probability or danger of lynching or other violence if he were tried in Walker County, and that he could not obtain a trial by a fair and impartial jury in that county. After a hearing at which evidence was adduced in behalf of the defendant and the State, the trial court entered an order denying the motion for change of venue. The exception is to that judgment.

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