Former Franklin County SWAT deputy Michael Jason Meade appeared Thursday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court for a hearing on pre-trial motions.
A Franklin County Common Pleas Court judge Thursday denied a request by attorneys for former county Sheriff's Office SWAT deputy Michael Jason Meade to change the venue for his murder trial.for fatally shooting 23-year-old Casey Goodson Jr. on Dec. 4, 2020. Meade shot Goodson six times, five in the back, at his grandmother's Northland home.
Meade's attorneys asked Franklin County Common Pleas Judge David C. Young to move the trial to a different part of the state, saying it's necessary for Meade to receive a fair trial due to prejudicial media coverage of the case in Columbus.in The Dispatch by Sean Walton, a lawyer for Goodson's family in a civil case against Meade, as an example.
Defense attorneys and prosecutors also asked Young to allow the jury to be taken to view scenes relevant to the case, which would include the Northeast Side home owned by Goodson's grandmother and where he resided with other family.
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