A hearing to determine whether a change of venue motion in the second trial of murder defendant Kym Cano will still be tried in Imperial County was postponed today until Sept. 3 to allow time for a court-appointed expert to conduct a survey on potential jurors in the case.
Martin Buncher is set to gauge whether local media coverage has fostered bias against the second-degree murder defendant and said he would call people at random from the county's jury pool. Cano has pleaded not guilty to the charge in connection with the Dec. 4, 2006 killing of her husband, Francisco. Francisco Cano, an off-duty California Highway Patrol officer, died from a single gunshot wound to his face he suffered at his Calexico home.
Please read Friday's issue of the Imperial Valley Press for more information on this story.
By SILVIO J. PANTA, staff writer
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