CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Opinion & Scientific Evidence
......Forensic Issues
.........Criminal
............Venue Survey
3 Cards On This Topic:

Expert's "venue survey" did not show juror pool tainted by pretrial publicity; D's expert testimony rejected as biased in favor of venue change.

Trial court did not err by failing to grant a change of venue at the outset based on a community survey, nor in denying the motion after considering all challenges for cause.

No error in denying venue change in notorious murder case where publicity did not result in prejudgment of Ds in minds of jury venire, and the media’s interest did not so affect the trial environs as to trigger a presumption of prejudice.