97 A.D.2d 983 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1983
Motion to change venue of trial of indictment from Monroe County denied. Memorandum: In the midst of the voir dire defendants moved for a change of venue based on the extensive and protracted newspaper publicity surrounding this case. Although numerous newspaper articles were presented which report defendants’ alleged connections to organized crime, their criminal backgrounds and associations, and the “gangland” nature of the killing, no transcript of the jury selection proceedings was submitted with the motion papers. We cannot conclude on the record