STATE v. THOMPSON

No. 41.

214 S.E.2d 742 (1975)

287 N.C. 303

STATE of North Carolina v. Charles D. THOMPSON.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 6, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. James H. Carson, Jr. by Asst. Atty. Gen. Charles M. Hensey, Raleigh, for the State.

Robert W. Wolf, Forest City, and Charles V. Bell, Charlotte, for defendant.


BRANCH, Justice.

Defendant assigns as error the trial judge's denial of his motion for change of venue or for a jury to be summoned from a county other than Rutherford. Defendant based his motion on the grounds that the prominence of the victim and the inflammatory publicity contained in the local newspapers would prevent a fair trial in Rutherford County or by jurors drawn from that county. After considering defendant's affidavit, the record, and oral arguments of...

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