STATE v. PENLEY

No. 6925SC490.

170 S.E.2d 632 (1969)

6 N.C. App. 455

STATE of North Carolina v. Jerry Wade PENLEY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Certiorari Denied January 6, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan and Staff Atty. James E. Magner, Raleigh, for the State.

Dan R. Simpson and Wayne W. Martin, Morganton, for defendant appellant.


FRANK M. PARKER, Judge.

Before pleading to the indictments the defendant moved for a change of venue or, in the alternative, that a jury be drawn from another county. As grounds for these motions defendant asserted that because of the extensive publicity and public discussion of the cases against him, he could not get a fair and impartial trial from a jury composed of Burke County citizens. The court instructed the attorneys for defendant to reduce these motions to...

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