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A change of venue is the legal term for moving a trial to a new location. In high-profile matters, a change of venue may occur to move a jury trial away from a location where a fair and impartial jury may not be possible due to widespread publicity about a crime and its defendants to another community in order to obtain jurors who can be more objective in their duties.
In law, a motion to set aside judgment is an application to overturn or set aside a court's judgment, verdict or other final ruling in a case. [1] [2] Such a motion is proposed by a party who is dissatisfied with the result of a case.
Grant or denial of motion to change venue [19] Grant or denial of motion to expunge lis pendens [20] Denial of motion to quash service of process [21] Grant or denial of motion for summary adjudication or denial of motion for summary judgment [22] Grant or denial of motion for good faith settlement determination [23]
Shelby County Judge Lee Coffee on Wednesday denied a change of venue motion filed by Juni Ganguli, the lawyer for Cleotha Abston, news outlets reported. Ganguli argued that Abston could not get a ...
Horner and his attorneys filed a motion in Wise County to change his capital murder trial venue to another location, citing the high level of publicity surrounding the case.
In the wake of his wife's conviction, James Crumbley is seeking a change in venue as he faces trial next month on involuntary manslaughter charges stemming from the 2021 school shooting carried ...
Voluntary dismissal is termination of a lawsuit by voluntary request of the plaintiff (the party who originally filed the lawsuit). A voluntary dismissal with prejudice (meaning the plaintiff is permanently barred from further litigating the same subject matter) is the modern descendant of the common law procedure known as retraxit.
A hearing on a a change of venue for two criminal cases against suspended Sheriff Jeffrey Lyde was headed off by an agreement.