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STATE EX REL. FOX, ETC. v. LaPORTE CIR. CT. ET AL.

No. 29,396.

236 Ind. 69 (1956)

138 N.E.2d 875

STATE OF INDIANA ON THE RELATION OF FOX, ETC. v. THE LaPORTE CIRCUIT COURT ET AL.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Filed December 17, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Brennan, Prosecuting Attorney, 60th Judicial Circuit, Isadore D. Rosenfeld, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, and Raymond M. Fox, of LaPorte, for relator.

Alfred J. Link, of LaPorte, and Floyd O. Jellison, of South Bend, for respondents.

BOBBITT, J.

On February 9, 1953, one Robert Lee Johnson was indicted for murder in the first degree by the Grand Jury of St. Joseph County. On May 14, 1953, a motion for a change of venue from the county (St. Joseph) "on account of local prejudice," was filed and granted, and the venue subsequently changed to LaPorte County. The cause was there tried and a verdict of guilty was returned on December 31, 1953. A motion for a new trial was subsequently filed and, on...

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