Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Evelyn McKNIGHT
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1996-04-19
Citations: 671 So. 2d 933
Docket Number: No. 96-K-0176
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Evelyn McKNIGHT.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 671
Pages: 933–934

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Evelyn McKNIGHT.
No. 96-K-0176.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 19, 1996.

Opinion:
In re McKnight, Evelyn; — Defendant(s); applying for writ of certiorari and/or review; Parish of Livingston, 21st Judicial District Court, Div. "E", No. 11205; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. KA95 1486.
Granted. The judgment of the court of appeal is vacated and the ruling of the district court is reinstated. The trial court's ruling on a motion to change venue "is a question addressed to the court's sound discretion which will not be disturbed on appeal absent an affirmative showing of error and abuse of discretion." State v. Wilson, 467 So.2d 508, 512 (La.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 911, 106 S.Ct. 281, 88 L.Ed.2d 246 (1985). We find no abuse of discretion or manifest error in the trial court's ruling.