(Download) "State V. Patterson" by Arizona Supreme Court ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State V. Patterson
- Author : Arizona Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 28, 1946
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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This is an original proceeding in certiorari in this court to review the action of respondent in denying to the state a change of venue of the state's information charging one Victor E. Westover, a public officer, with misappropriation of public funds. Westover was put to trial before a jury. The trial resulted in a hung jury. A mistrial was declared and defendant was ordered put to trial a second time. Prior to the second trial, the attorney general filed a motion for a change of venue upon the stated ground and for the reason that a fair and impartial trial could not be had in Navajo County. The motion was predicated on Rule 253, Rules Cr.Proc. (Section 44-1206, A.C.A.1939) and Rule 254, Rules Cr.Proc. (Section 44-1207, Id.). These two rules read as follows: