Commonwealth v. Karmendi

I agree with the conclusion reached in the majority opinion. To me it is quite clear that defendant is entitled to a new trial, with a change of venue.

That the local newspapers carried highly infllammatory accounts of the crime and of the subsequent conduct of the accused is admitted. The shocking details revealed upon the first trial were published in full throughout the county. If an intense feeling of opposition among the citizens generally had not been completely and successfully kindled prior to the first trial such was certainly the aftermath. Moreover, one of our reasons for reversing…