People v. Aprile

Defendant-appellant John Sam Aprile was indicted for the offense of theft over $150. He was tried before a jury, convicted and sentenced to an indeterminate term of 1 to 10 years.

Defendant assigns as error the denial of his motion for change of venue because of aUeged prejudicial pretrial publicity. Defendant was indicted July 29, 1971. Trial was commenced November 8, 1971, and on the first day of trial the jury (including two alternate jurors) was selected and sworn. Opening statements were made and a part of the People’s case in chief was introduced through the testimony of witnesses. The…