California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Powell v. Superior Court, 232 Cal.App.3d 785, 283 Cal.Rptr. 777 (Cal. App. 1991):
On a pretrial petition the appellate court must make an independent determination of the circumstances surrounding a defendant's request for change of venue to determine whether a fair trial is obtainable in the county of original venue. (Odle v. Superior Court (1982) 32 Cal.3d 932, 937, 187 Cal.Rptr. 455, 654 P.2d 225.)
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