State v. Thompson

BRANCH, Justice.

Defendant assigns as error the trial judge’s denial of his motion for change of venue or for a jury to be summoned from a county other than Rutherford. Defendant based his motion on the grounds that the prominence of the victim and the inflammatory .publicity contained in the local newspapers would pre vent a fair trial in Rutherford County or by jurors drawn from that county. After considering defendant’s affidavit, the record, and oral arguments of counsel, Judge Martin denied defendant’s motion.

The newspaper accounts upon which defendant depends do not appear to be beyond…