STATE v. DOBBINS

No. 79A82.

293 S.E.2d 162 (1982)

STATE of North Carolina v. Ricky Renard DOBBINS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. W. A. Raney, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

Steven G. Tate, Statesville, for defendant-appellant.


BRITT, Justice.

By his first assignment of error defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying his pretrial motion for a change of venue. This assignment has no merit.

G.S. 15A-957 provides that "[i]f, upon motion of the defendant, the court determines that there exists in the county in which the prosecution is pending so great a prejudice against the defendant that he cannot obtain a fair and impartial trial, the court must either" transfer the...

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