Press clippings swell Morva file
Posted Sep17, 2007 at 09:56 AM
William Morva doesn't have a case file. He has a box of material -- far more than a typical defendant.
Much of the box is filled with examples of the voluminous coverage the case has gotten in newspapers and on television.
Morva's lawyers have been entering media accounts of their client into evidence in a bid to get the trial transferred out of the county, arguing their client can't get a fair trial here.
The 32 juror candidates questioned for a March trial on robbery charges that predate the murder charges all said they knew of Morva.
Many also said they thought he killed security guard Derrick McFarland and Montgomery County Sherrif's Cpl. Eric Sutphin.
When Circuit Court Judge Ray Grubbs decided to try to seat a local jury for Morva's murder trial he left the door open to changing locations based on how jury selection goes, which should at least start to become evident today.
-- The Roanoke Times
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