June 29, 2009
Judge Denies Change of Venue In Teacher's Sex Abuse Trial
A Fayette Circuit judge denied a motion Friday to move out of Fayette County the trial of a former Beaumont Middle School science teacher accused of raping and sodomizing two students in the late 1970s. An attorney for Jack Russell Hubbard submitted a change of venue motion to Fayette Circuit Judge James D. Ishmael Jr. at a status hearing last week. Attorney William Butler, who represents Hubbard, said coverage related to his client's case could make it difficult to assemble an impartial jury. But Ishmael said jury selection will reveal how much potential jurors know about Hubbard's case, and the court will proceed from there.Click Here For The Full Story......