# Williams v. Superior Court

> California Supreme Court · September 8, 1983 · 34 Cal. 3d 584

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9793368

## Case

- **Full name:** FREDRICK WINFIELD WILLIAMS, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF PLACER COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** September 8, 1983
- **Citations:** 34 Cal. 3d 584; 194 Cal. Rptr. 492; 668 P.2d 799; 1983 Cal. LEXIS 232
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Richardson
- **Judges:** Broussard, Richardson, Mosk, Bird
- **Cited by:** 26 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that in determining whether a defendant 26 cannot receive a fair trial in a particular county, the court must examine “(1) the nature and 27 || extent of the publicity; (2) the size of the [county’s] population; (3) the nature and gravity 28 || of the offense; (4) the …

## Opinion text

RICHARDSON, J.
I concur in the judgment. Certain factors, including the nature and gravity of the offense, and the extensive local publicity devoted to the murder trial of defendant’s brother for the same offense, distinguish this case from Martinez v. Superior Court (1981) 29 Cal.3d 574 [ 174 Cal.Rptr. 701 , 629 P.2d 502 ], in which I dissented. Unlike the situation in Martinez , a venue change seems appropriate here.

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