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Critics alleged that the trial was moved to the conservative Texas Hill Country to ensure a guilty verdict or that the judge was looking for ranch property, Mrs. Tolle said.
"It was put down in Kerrville because it was the only county in Texas that had an opening in its court docket for a trial of that magnitude," Mrs. Tolle said.
Volume 7 transcripts -
24 We now have the motion for change of
25 venue, the Court has reviewed this motion in it's
entirety.
Does either side have anything further with
2 regards to that motion?
3 MR. GREG DAVIS: The State has nothing
4 further.
5 MR. DOUGLAS PARKS: No, your Honor.
6 THE COURT: The Court having reviewed
7 the motion, grants the motion and the -- will it be
8 acceptable, if the -- as regards to where the case will be
9 moved, neither side will require it to be moved -- or
10 neither side will object if it's moved to a district
11 beyond the adjoining districts; is that correct?
12 MR. GREG DAVIS: That's correct, your
13 Honor.
14 MR. DOUGLAS PARKS: That's correct,
15 your Honor.
16 THE COURT: The districts adjoining
17 Dallas County. In other words, any county in Texas will
18 be acceptable to the State; is that right?
19 MR. GREG DAVIS: Yes, sir, your Honor.
20 THE COURT: And the defense?
21 MR. DOUGLAS PARKS: Yes, your Honor.
It may be a different lawyer, but the same judge and the same case. Nothing starts at zero, unfortunately when a new lawyer takes over the case he just starts off(with boxes and boxes of paper)where the other lawyer left off. So one lawyer drafts a motion that Darlie cannot get a fair trial in Dallas/Dallas County because of the media attention, the person on trial, and the victims. It would be prejudicial to the defense case of a fair trial.
Then Mulder wants to change the venue back to Dallas and you wonder why that was denied. Because the same reasons apply to the change of venue and the reversal of the change of venue.
I don't know when Mulder came aboard, but I can put money on the fact that the State "was not in favor of the trial being moved back to Dallas."