Rideau v. Louisiana

In Rideau v. Louisiana, 373 U.S. 723, 83 S. Ct. 1417, 10 L. Ed. 2d 663 (1963), where the court held that it was "a denial of due process of law to refuse the request for a change of venue . . . ." Rideau, 373 U.S. at 726, 83 S. Ct. at 1419. In that case, the court held that the community "had been exposed repeatedly and in depth to the spectacle of the defendant personally confessing in detail to the crimes with which he was later to be charged" on television at least three times. Id. More importantly, three of the jurors who convicted the defendant admitted having seen the televised confession. Id. at 725, 83 S. Ct. at 1418.