MARTINEZ v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S.F. 24226.

29 Cal.3d 574 (1981)

629 P.2d 502

174 Cal. Rptr. 701

ANTONIO MICHAEL MARTINEZ, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF PLACER COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

June 18, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Blackmon, Wasserman & Blicker and Clyde M. Blackmon for Petitioner.

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Arnold O. Overoye, Assistant Attorney General, Edmund D. McMurray and Willard F. Jones, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

TOBRINER, J.

In this proceeding we must determine whether petitioner Antonio Martinez should be granted a change of venue for trial on charges pending against him in Placer County. Denying the motion, the trial court ruled against the sought change of venue. Our independent evaluation of the record, however, discloses a reasonable likelihood that a fair and impartial trial cannot...

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