Woman accused of making up hate crime denied change of trial venue [View all]

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20121128/NEWS/711299997/1685#woman-accused-of-making-up-hate-crime-denied-change-of-trial-venue

By Joe Duggan

LINCOLN — A judge has dismissed a change of venue request by a woman charged with making up a gay hate crime.

Charlie Rogers filed a motion Nov. 16 seeking to move the location of her trial on a misdemeanor charge of false reporting. On Wednesday, her attorney, Brett McArthur, withdrew the motion.

Lancaster County Judge Gale Pokorny dismissed it with prejudice, meaning it cannot be filed a second time.

The written motion argued that Rogers would not be able to seat an impartial jury because of pervasive news coverage of the case.

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