CAMP VERDE - Yavapai County Superior Court Judge Warren Darrow is exercising patience regarding a defense motion to move the trial of James Arthur Ray to a different location.
After Darrow and attorneys on both sides completed a painstaking review of juror-submitted questionnaires on Friday, almost 200 candidates remain to form the final panel of 12 jurors and six alternates. Formal jury selection is set to begin on Feb. 16 and continue for as long as two weeks before the scheduled start of the trial proper on March 1.
Ray's attorneys, including Prescott's Tom Kelly and Luis Li of Los Angeles, have moved to have the case tried in Maricopa County, contending that a survey shows their client will be unable to receive a fair trial in Yavapai County because of what they see as excessive and unfavorable media coverage.
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