Court Opinion

ID: 5988231
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-13 08:47:53.836466+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:49:21.913018
License: Public Domain

—Motion for change of venue denied. Memorandum: We conclude that 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 Niagara 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 Scott, 197 AD2d *1084936). Present—Denman, P. J., Green, Callahan, Balio and Boehm, JJ.