PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:
The issue involved in this request for a remedial writ is whether the defendant's constitutional right to have his criminal trial conducted in the "county where the offense was committed," which was waived during his first trial, may be reinstated after appellate reversal.
I.
In 1981, Bobby Caldwell was indicted for capital murder in Panola County. Fearing prejudicial publicity at the time of the crime, Caldwell was...
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