2—The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Jan. 12, 1994 Defense attorney requests change By JULIE NASH Collegian Staff Writer Saying it would be impossible for Jaines R. Cruz to have a fair trial in Centre County, First Assistant Public Defender Deborah Lux requested a change of venue or venire at a pretrial hearing yesterday. Cruz, 36, of New Waterford, Ohio, is accused of kidnapping 17-year-old Dawn Marie Birnbaum, raping and killing her and then dumping her body in a snowbank near state Route 26 in Spring Township. A change of venue would allow the case to be tried in a different county, and a Casey back but Singel still By JULIE NASH Collegian Staff Writer With Gov. Robert P. Casey back on the job, it would seem as if Lt. Gov. Mark Singel would have plenty of free time but that isn't the case. While Singel was acting gover nor, he was also fulfilling his role as lieutenant governor, said Susan Woods, Singel's press secretary. The only difference now is that Singel is concentrating all of his time on lieutenant governor responsibilities. "So now he is not super, super busy but still busy," Woods said. In addition to chairing the state Board of Pardons, Singel is push ing to get a comprehensive 13-bill package calling for local tax reform through the state Congress. The package would cause sl mo gets you salad change of venire would allow jurors to be brought in from another county. Lux said Cruz's prior criminal record including speculation that he could be linked to a series of killings has circu lated throughout local newspapers, tele vision news programs and radio broadcasts, resulting in a prejudiced jury pool. "To try Mr. Cruz in Centre County would not give him the right to a fair tri al," Lux said. In order to select jurors, the county looks at driver's license records and voter registration, she said. About 60,300 Centre County residents includ- "Governor Casey has basically been closeting himself with the budget secretary and advisers." changes to be made in areas rang ing from income and sales taxes replacing property taxes to chan ging the assessment law. Singel has been busy this week helping with storm recovery in Central Pennsylvania. In regards to Singel's potential gubernatorial campaign, Woods would not com ment and Ed Pavy, Singel's cam paign manager, could not be reached for comment. Since Casey's return to office on Dec. 21, Casey has spent much of his office time in budget meetings, said Vince Carocci, press secre- CLIP THIS AD 6 "fir All *C. arawiLii "50. - m -11- KaLAr-z - icit 116.1.inpl ..a - mao 1 f' 1 44.4e-Jr-liwitt4 Silver 41E ssi. iallrit 4 - 1 l Cir-..vr..c-elieits- F'll - (1.11111 'T . 1114(2". 7" . M4E 7 / 1 1t ,I"ulxir as- Clff .tr Slzimrricrin Jost In N=Ar fe. 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Lux also called for a gag order to be placed on "all parties involved" in order to limit case discussion. Gricar objected and the motion was overruled. Jury selection is scheduled to begin March 14. Lux asked the court to suppress evi dence, including the search warrant for Cruz's blood and hair, as well as an interview conducted by Madden and State caid coverage for abortion rep resents a ban on abortion," said Kathryn Kolbert, vice president of the Center for Reproductive Law & Policy and co-counsel in the federal lawsuit. "This law jeopardizes the lives of very sick women and forces women who have already been subjected to a vicious crime to endure an unwanted pregnancy against their will," she said. The lawsuit, which names Gov. Robert P. Casey and Public Wel fare Secretary Karen Snider and other state officials as defendants, charges that the constitutional rights of poor women are violated "by impos ing conditions on Medicaid cov erage for lifesaving abortions, conditions that will likely result in women's deaths or serious 0) THE 1 ownU der G * SPECIAL * Two Semester Memberships For The Price Of One offer expires January 20 Thank You For Making Our First Year a Success! 1p Us ate With eat Savings 711€ n ..44.1.43 College FBI Agent Randy Cohick prior to Cruz's arrest. Cohick said he did not force Cruz to speak to him but asked if he could ques tion him at Century Industries, the truck ing company where Cruz was employed at the time. After the interview, Cohick, Madden and FBI Agent Gordon Johnson of Youngstown, Ohio, took Cruz to a local hospital for blood samples, Cohick said. He added that because Cruz was not taken into custody, he was allowed to walk around "at his own free will" and was not read his rights. 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