# Coates v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · May 10, 1989 · 773 P.2d 1281

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9566744

## Case

- **Full name:** Patsy Faye COATES, Appellant, v. the STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
- **Decided:** May 10, 1989
- **Citations:** 773 P.2d 1281; 1989 OK CR 16; 1989 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 19; 1989 WL 49851
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Bussey
- **Judges:** Parks, Brett, Lane, Bussey, Lumpkin
- **Cited by:** 10 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

BUSSEY, Judge,
specially concurring:
I write separately only to state my view that a change of venue is not mandated on REMAND. The jury selection at the second trial could reveal greatly diminished prejudicial publicity and softened community sentiment. See Patton v. Yount, 467 U.S. 1025, 1034 , 104 S.Ct. 2885, 2890 , 81 L.Ed.2d 847, 856 (1984). Furthermore, the relevant question is not whether the community remembers the case, but whether the jurors have such fixed opinions that they cannot judge impartially the guilt of the appellant. Id.

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