Venue change costly in Ga. baby shooting

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1. Murder defendant De'Marquise Elkins' sister Sabrina will not be tried in Marietta

http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2013-08-09/story/murder-defendant-demarquise-elkins-sister-sabrina-will-not-be-tried

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Superior Court Judge Stephen Kelley ruled Thursday that De’Marquise Elkins’ older sister, Sabrina, had the right to be tried in Glynn County, where she is charged with disposing of a revolver that police say was used the shootings. Her appointed lawyer, W. Frank Aspinwall, had never filed a motion for a change of venue and told Kelley Thursday that Sabrina Elkins did not want her trial moved.

“Your trial will be tried in Glynn County’’ sometime this fall, Kelley said.

Karimah Elkins’ lawyer, J. Wrix McIlvaine, said she wants her trial outside Glynn County. He had argued last week that defendants had a right to be tried in the county where they are charged and Kelley agreed, but McIlvaine said he wanted to discuss it further with Karimah Elkins before she made a final decision.

“She believes she will have the best [opportunity] for a fair and impartial verdict up in Cobb County,’’ McIlvaine said Thursday.

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