State v. Shubert

WELLS, Judge.

Defendant first assigns error to the trial court’s denial of defendant’s motion for a change of venue. Defendant contends that he received an unfair trial due to negative pretrial publicity. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-957 (1988) provides:

If, upon motion of the defendant, the court determines that there exists in the county in which the prosecution is pending so great a prejudice against the defendant that he cannot obtain a fair and impartial trial, the court must either:(1) Transfer the proceeding to another county in the prose-cutorial district as defined in G.S. 7A-60 or to another…