Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Fowler
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided December 7, 1990No. 89-1799PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The petitioner, Barbara Berry Fowler, seeks a writ of mandamus directing Judge Clatus Junkin of the 24th Judicial Circuit to grant her motion for a change of venue. The writ is denied.
Ms. Fowler was indicted by a Fayette County grand jury for the murder of her husband, a pharmacist and prominent citizen of Fayette County. Contending that it was impossible for her to obtain a fair trial in Fayette County due to extensive pretrial publicity that had surrounded the case there, Ms. Fowler moved for a change of venue pursuant to Ala. Code 1975, § 15-2-20. The trial judge denied the motion. The…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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