Opinion ID: 1688754
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Heading: Stevenson v. State, 325 So.2d 113 (Miss. 1975)

Text: Appellant was convicted of the capital murder of a deputy sheriff. He was a trustee at the Warren County jail at the time of the killing; was indicted on July 10, 1974, and tried on July 22 of that same year. This trial resulted in a mistrial because the jury failed to agree on a verdict. He was retried on July 31, 1974, and convicted. Appellant had filed a motion for change of venue, which was denied. The State offered six (6) witnesses who testified that, in their opinion, the appellant could get a fair trial in Warren County. Appellant presented an equal number of witnesses who testified because of the widespread publicity by the news media and because the person killed was a popular law enforcement officer, the appellant could not get a fair trial in Warren County.