Former Rochester City Court Judge Leticia Astacio will be tried on a felony gun charge in Syracuse rather than in Rochester.
An appellate court granted Astacio’s request to move her trial from Monroe to Onondaga County because of all the media attention the case has gotten.
Astacio was arrested for trying to buy a shotgun in April while on probation from her DWI conviction.
Attorney Mark Foti wanted the gun charge dismissed, arguing that an unloaded gun did not fall under the legal definition of a dangerous weapon, but a judge denied that motion.