An attorney for a man accused of murder in the Jan. 17, 2016 murder of Norman Dean Crayton is seeking to have the trial moved out of Tallapoosa County.

Davis Whittelsey, the attorney for Matthew Clate McDaniel, filed a change of venue motion on March 22. The motion claims that due to the attention that the case has garnered in the media, McDaniel would not be able to get a fair trial here.