A hearing on the motion is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 22, before Judge David Mouton in Jasper County Circuit Court in Joplin.
From the motion:
That defendant has a right to a change of venue for cause if “the inhabitants of the county are prejudiced against the defendant”. Mo. Ct. Rule 32.04.
The reason the inhabitants of Jasper County are prejudiced against the defendant is because of the following:
a) The extensive news coverage of the charges against defendant;
b) The fact that defendant was a band teacher with the Carl Junction School District; and
c) The Facebook comments on a Randy Turner blog post. The Facebook comments under the Randy Turner blog post are contained in Exhibit A, attached hereto.
The following are articles written and published on the internet regarding this matter:
-Inside Joplin, Randy Turner blog post, attached hereto as Exhibit B;
- Fourstates Homepage report dated January 17, 2025, attached hereto as Exhibit D;
-Randy Turner blog post dated February 14, 2025, attached hereto as Exhibit E;
-Randy Turner blog post dated January 27, 2025; attached hereto as Exhibit F
-Randy Turner blog post dated February 13, 2025; attached hereto as Exhibit G;
-The Joplin Globe article dated January 18, 2025; attached hereto as Exhibit H;
-KGGF News Radio; attached hereto as Exhibit I;
- MSN article; attached hereto as Exhibit J.
That this application is timely filed. Wherefore, Defendant respectfully requests that this Court grant this Application for Change of Venue pursuant to Missouri Supreme Court Rule 32.04.
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Maybe don’t commit a crime if you don’t want people talking about it? What a joke.
ReplyDeleteYou have to understand the way people like this think. It's only a crime if you're poor, or a reject. The reason most people don't give a shit about prison sentences and mandatory minimums and search warrants, is cause they are above the law, And can hire good attorneys, so normally cops just go for the low hanging fruit out there, which means they arrest more homeless drug addicts, which is all that gets reported, then people start to think that homeless drug addicts are the only ones that get caught and don't ever in a million years believe they will be charged or arrested. They aren't homeless, or on drugs...why would they.
ReplyDeleteWhen media didn't cover most sex crimes it was easier for sex offenders to get away with their crimes.
ReplyDeleteThe most Carl Junction thing ever blaming everyone and everything but yourself for your problem. Lack of accountability and responsibility runs rampant in Entitlebrook.
ReplyDelete@8:37 PM........hit the nail on the head.
ReplyDeleteWhat I find utterly amazing is that the voters of this community not only failed to demand the resignation of the school board in its entirety and the superintendent for allowing a stalking pedophile to be employed by the district for more than five years, but the voters actually chose to reelect two members of the school board Tuesday. And it wasn’t close either. Over 600 residents apparently none with daughters or children in the district voted for the same two school board members to serve another term. This is disturbing on a number of levels. And no one is asking any questions why.
DeleteIf you don’t want to do the time then don’t do crime yes people talk about this it was their children that was affected
ReplyDeleteThat's ridiculous......how long did it take them to think up that excuse???
ReplyDeleteMr Turner. Thank you for your hard work in keeping us informed.
ReplyDeleteForget about Stalking, Forget about his Illicit Sexual Action - Craig Smith - wants to Blame this Blog and other News Service on the Story and Comments and Prejudicing the Community and Pool of Potential Jurors against him.
ReplyDeleteJust an Excuse/Reason to help them change venue. Which is Fine it allows that Issue Not to be used if he is Convicted in a Jury Trial for his Appeal
Case. Of course, he and his lawyers need to try and just plead guilty and cut a deal - a Jury will probably give him the maximum amount of time for his crimes.
Mr. Smith should be happy he even has a venue. Were my child involved things would have turned out very different for him.
ReplyDeleteWhere they want the trial moved to? The Briarbrook clubhouse?
ReplyDeleteYes, in Cult Junction.
DeleteThis all sounds like the current political climate not only carl junction, but in Washington as well. The irony of two sex offenders both acting like they're the victims.
ReplyDeleteBravo!
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