STATE v. SALAS

No. 51163.

306 N.W.2d 832 (1981)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Jeffrey Phillip SALAS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, and Robert D. Goodell, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Thomas W. Foley, County Atty., and Steven C. DeCoster, Asst. County Atty., St. Paul, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.


YETKA, Justice.

Defendant was indicted by a grand jury for first-degree and second-degree murder. Before trial, defendant moved the Ramsey County District Court for a change of venue because of prejudicial pretrial publicity. The district court denied the motion and defendant sought a writ of mandamus from this court ordering a change of venue. We denied the writ on October 29, 1979.

After the jury was selected, defendant again moved for a change of venue...

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