People v. McCrary

Defendant McCrary was convicted by a jury of kidnapping 1 and first-degree murder 2 in connection with the robbery at a donut shop and the subsequent abduction and killing of the waitress, Leora Rose Looney. He was given a life sentence on the murder charge 3 and a consecutive sentence of 29-30 years 4 on the kidnapping charge. He appeals and urges reversal of the trial court’s judgments of conviction on the basis of several alleged errors by the trial court.

The defendant contends that the trial court erred (1) by denying his motion for change of venue on account of prejudicial pretrial…