Bill Text: VA SB1290 | 2015 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Criminal cases; venue for prosecution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0637) [SB1290 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2015-SB1290-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §§19.2-244 and 19.2-247 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows: §19.2-244. Venue in general. A. Except as otherwise provided by law, the prosecution of a criminal case shall be had in the county or city in which the offense was committed. Except as to motions for a change of venue, all other questions of venue must be raised before verdict in cases tried by a jury and before the finding of guilty in cases tried by the court without a jury. B. If an offense has been committed within the Commonwealth and it cannot readily be determined within which county or city the offense was committed, venue for the prosecution of the offense may be had in the county or city (i) in which the defendant resides; (ii) if the defendant is not a resident of the Commonwealth, in which the defendant is apprehended; or (iii) if the defendant is not a resident of the Commonwealth and is not apprehended in the Commonwealth, in which any related offense was committed. §19.2-247. Venue in certain homicide cases. Where evidence exists that a homicide has been committed
either within or without |