Venue to Be Changed in Yosemite Murder Case
From Times Wire Reports
Prosecutors will not oppose moving Cary Stayner’s death-penalty murder trial out of Mariposa County. In a two-paragraph response to Stayner’s court motion filed in August for a change of venue, Dist. Atty. Christine Johnson said a new site was warranted.
A hearing was scheduled for Oct. 29 in Mariposa, where Stayner is charged with the February 1999 murders of Yosemite three tourists.
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