A 2^nd District Judge has denied a Lewiston murder suspect’s motion to get move his trial to another county. Judge Jeff Brudie denied that request, along with another to have the charges against Leotis Branigh dropped.

Branigh, 31, of Clarkston, is charged in the Oct. 1 shooting death of Michael Johnston, 32, outside Johnston’s Cedar Avenue home in the Lewiston Orchards. Branigh was taken into custody following a high-speed chase just a few hours after the shooting.

Branigh has pleaded innocent to charges of first-degree murder and felony eluding. He is scheduled to stand trial March 17.