State v. Reeb

WEBB, Justice.

Both defendants assign error to the denial of their motions, made prior to trial and repeated immediately before the trial commenced, that their trials be moved to another county or that a jury be drawn from a special venire from another county. The defendants contended that the pretrial publicity made it impossible for the defendants to receive fair trials in Rowan County. The removal of a case to another county or the drawing of a special venire from another county is governed by N.C.G.S. § 15A-957 which provides in part:

If, upon motion of the defendant, the court determines…