Defense attorneys for the man accused of Bel Air?s first murder in decades want the trial moved to another jurisdiction, fearing that pretrial publicity will make it harder to find an impartial jury.

Citing media coverage and the stabbing?s proximity to the courthouse ? occurring in an alley within sight of the Circuit Court ? lawyers for Michael Razzio Simmons, who is accused of killing 23-year-old Patrick Walker in a road rage incident last May, want his trial removed from Bel Air.