Constitutional Law - Right to Impartial Jury - Pretrial Publicity - Change of Venue

Authors

John Jacob Hare

Abstract

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has held that a change of venue request based on pretrial publicity can only be granted where the publicity is prejudicial, pervasive, and in the minds of the jurors at the time of trial.

Commonwealth v Gorby, 527 Pa 98, 588 A2d 902 (1991).

First Page

761

Recommended Citation

John J. Hare, Constitutional Law - Right to Impartial Jury - Pretrial Publicity - Change of Venue, 30 Duq. L. Rev. 761 (1992).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol30/iss3/12