People v. Jendrzejewski

*497Boyle, J.

The Court of Appeals reversed the defendant’s conviction of first-degree murder, finding that, under the totality of the circumstances, as a result of pretrial publicity reflected in the number of jurors successfully challenged for cause, the defendant was denied a fair trial before impartial jurors. We granted leave to appeal to decide if the Court of Appeals erred in finding that the trial court abused its discretion in denying defendant’s motion for change of venue.

The degree of pretrial publicity was not excessive, and its contents were not of a prejudicial nature. Nor did the…