Durrough v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for capital murder in which the death penalty was assessed.

We are confronted at the outset with glaring error that requires reversal under a long line of well-established precedent. Some cases present close issues, but this is not such an issue: the law here is clear, and leaves no alternative but to reverse the conviction and to remand this capital punishment case for a new trial.

The only ground of error we need to address asserts:

“The trial court erred in failing to grant a change of venue upon proper motion by appellant in compliance…