And he may want his trial to be a soapbox of sorts, blocks from where the World Trade Center once stood If he does seek to defend himself, some lawyers say a motion for change of venue would almost be mandatory because of 9/11's impact on the city.
By contrast, Mr. Srinivasan said, questioning in the trial of Timothy McVeigh for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, which killed 168 people, took 18 days after a motion for change of venue from Oklahoma City to Denver was granted.
To garner any guilty verdicts, she'll have to navigate a series of hurdles, including anticipated motions for change of venue out of Baltimore brought on behalf of all the officers, and possible requests for severance and separate trials brought on behalf of some.
A Commons motion calling for change was passed without the need for a vote.
The judge denied the motion for a change of venue, but did leave open the possibility that he could instruct jurors not to eat at the Wendy's on Queens Boulevard during the trial, said Patrick Clark, a spokesman for the Queens district attorney's office.
On Monday, the sex trial will resume with prosecutor Ilda Boccassini wrapping up closing arguments that were started in early March, before the trial was slowed by delays over Berlusconi's campaign commitments, his health and the motion for a change of venue.
In the defence's latest motion for a change of venue – its fourth – filed on Tuesday, Tsarnaev's attorneys observed that 42 of the 75 qualified jurorsself-identified as having a connection with the events or people at issue in the case, and 23 of them stated in their questionnaires that in their opinion Tsarnaev is guilty.
But the appeals court said the trial court judge, Simeon Lake III, had not committed reversible error in failing to grant Mr. Skilling's motion for a change of venue because Judge Lake's questioning of prospective jurors was thorough and careful.
But with Archibald, Venables had ended Barcelona's drought and also set the wheels in motion for a change in approach.
The first, "My Own Blue Eye", is where we can find evidence of Motion's yearnings for change, for a fresh start.
Despite the pretrial publicity, local judges denied motions for a change of venue.
