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The Brownsville Herald
By LORENZO ZAZUETA-CASTRO | STAFF WRITER
EDINBURG — A former priest could not receive a fair trial in Hidalgo County because of the biased media coverage of his case.
The attorney for a former priest accused of killing a McAllen schoolteacher doesn’t believe his client can get a fair trial in HidalgoCounty, citing among some of his reasons, the overflow of coverage into the case that spans nearly 60 years.
O. Rene Flores, a criminal defense attorney based in Edinburg, and the man who has been by John Bernard Feit’s side since before he opted to waive his extradition from Arizona to HidalgoCounty, formally filed a motion to have the trial’s venue changed, arguing that his client will not receive a fair trial in the county.
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