Court Opinion

ID: 5834924
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-12 22:35:44.30976+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:43:34.441763
License: Public Domain

— Motion for change of venue denied. Memorandum: We conclude that the defendant has not on this application met his burden of demonstrating that there is "reasonable cause to believe that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had” in Cayuga County (CPL 230.20, subd [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 Di Piazza, 24 NY2d 342; People v Hatch, 46 AD2d 721; People v Sekou, 45 AD2d 982.) (Present — Dillon, P. J., Schnepp, Callahan, Witmer and Moule, JJ.