Court Opinion

ID: 5897947
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-13 03:10:55.182002+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:45:34.311440
License: Public Domain

Motion to change venue of trial of indictment from Erie County denied. Memorandum: We conclude that defendants have not on this application met their burden of demonstrating that there is "reasonable cause to believe that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had” in Erie County (CPL 230.20 [2]). If it develops during the voir dire that a fair and impartial jury cannot be drawn, an appropriate application may then be made. The relief requested in the application before us now is premature. (See, People v DiPiazza, 24 NY2d 342; People v Hatch, 46 AD2d 721; People v Sekou, 45 AD2d 982, appeal dismissed 35 NY2d 844.) Present —Dillon, P. J., Doerr, Boomer, Pine and Lawton, JJ.