Rebeccaryan
Junior Member
North Carolina
I have a family member that has been charged with along with another defendant breaking and entering, and larceny of multiple homes. We live in a small town so the media went wild with the story. But the coverage has only been on my family member not the other defendant. They only show my family members picture when running stories about the case. The only show up to court for my family members court dates, not the other defendant. And when speaking to the public for comments on the case, the only comment on my family member in particular not the other defendant. Both defendants have been charged with the same number of crimes. My family member had their bond set at $750,000, while the other defendant had their bond set at $5,000. The other defendant bonded out, but was subsequently arrested for multiple felonies that have nothing to do with the other case and were committed while he was out on bond. He was still allowed to bond out on those charges and it took the district attorney four months to revoke his bond on the previous charges. My family member has been in the local jail for 17 months and has not even had a pretrial hearing yet. We were told off the record that no lawyer in the county would take my family member as a client, because some of the home owners have "friends in high places". And his public defender has never met with my family member to discus his case. Do you think this case would meet the standard to get a change in venue? Is there any legal precedent, or case law that I should read up on?
I have a family member that has been charged with along with another defendant breaking and entering, and larceny of multiple homes. We live in a small town so the media went wild with the story. But the coverage has only been on my family member not the other defendant. They only show my family members picture when running stories about the case. The only show up to court for my family members court dates, not the other defendant. And when speaking to the public for comments on the case, the only comment on my family member in particular not the other defendant. Both defendants have been charged with the same number of crimes. My family member had their bond set at $750,000, while the other defendant had their bond set at $5,000. The other defendant bonded out, but was subsequently arrested for multiple felonies that have nothing to do with the other case and were committed while he was out on bond. He was still allowed to bond out on those charges and it took the district attorney four months to revoke his bond on the previous charges. My family member has been in the local jail for 17 months and has not even had a pretrial hearing yet. We were told off the record that no lawyer in the county would take my family member as a client, because some of the home owners have "friends in high places". And his public defender has never met with my family member to discus his case. Do you think this case would meet the standard to get a change in venue? Is there any legal precedent, or case law that I should read up on?