STATE v. PORTH

No. 417.

153 S.E.2d 10 (1967)

269 N.C. 329

STATE v. Robert E. PORTH.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 3, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. W. Bruton, Atty. Gen., Andrew A. Vanore, Jr. and Wilson B. Partin, Jr., Staff Attorneys, Raleigh, for the State.

White, Crumpler, Powell & Pfefferkorn, by Harrell Powell, Jr., William Pfefferkorn and Fred G. Crumpler, Jr., Winston-Salem, for defendant appellant.


HIGGINS, Justice.

Before pleading to the indictment the defendant filed a written, duly verified motion requesting, in the alternative, that the cause be removed to, or that a jury be drawn from, another county as contemplated by G.S. § 1-84 and G.S. § 1-86. In support of the motion the defendant offered 25 affidavits, in each of which a citizen of the county stated that in his opinion, because of the widespread discussion and unfavorable publicity, the...

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