OCALA, Fla., Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Wesley Snipes' tax evasion trial is set to start in Florida next month, The Ocala Star-Banner reported Thursday.
Senior U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges this week rejected a request by Snipes' lawyers to move the trial to a venue outside Marion County. The attorneys had claimed that Ocala was too racist for the black film star to get a fair trial.