Garrison v. State

CATES, Judge.

First degree burglary, Code 1940, T. 14, § 85 : sentence, forty years.

I

The appellant made a motion for a change of venue. This was done on the day of trial, November 10, 1970, and renewed November 11. We excerpt from the record (R. 16) :

“ * * * we would like to orally move at this time for a change of venue. *537And then, tomorrow morning, we would like to present the same motion in writing on the grounds that we feel that this defendant cannot get a fair trial in this jurisdiction at this time for the reason that the case has received a lot of notoriety, in the Gadsden Times, the…