Legal Opinion
State v. Jerrett
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided September 27, 1983No. 228A82PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRANCH, Chief Justice.
Defendant assigns as error the denial of his pretrial motion for change of venue by Judge Davis and the denial of his motion for change of venue by the trial judge. We find merit in these assignments of error and hold that the denial of these motions requires a new trial.
A motion for a change of venue, or for a venire from another county, is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial court and its ruling thereon will not be disturbed absent a showing of abuse of discretion. State v. Oliver, 302 N.C. 28, 274 S.E. 2d 183 (1981); State v. See, 301 N.C. 388, 271 S.E. 2d…
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3Cited by137 opinions
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