KRS 452.210: Change of venue to secure fair trial.

When a criminal or penal action is pending in any Circuit Court, the judge thereof shall,

upon the application of the defendant or of the state, order the trial to be held in some

adjacent county to which there is no valid objection, if it appears that the defendant or the

state cannot have a fair trial in the county where the prosecution is pending. If the judge is

satisfied that a fair trial cannot be had in an adjacent county, he may order the trial to be

had in the most convenient county in which a fair trial can be had.