(a) Each person charged with any offense shall be tried in the judicial district in which the offense was committed, except when it is otherwise provided.
(b) If theft is committed in one judicial district and the property stolen is carried into another judicial district, the offender may be tried in either judicial district.
(1949 Rev., S. 8793; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 51; P.A. 73-116, S. 7; 73-667, S. 1, 2; P.A. 74-183, S. 193, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 169, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; P.A. 82-248, S. 160.)
History: 1961 act provided prosecution of person arrested for offense committed upon car or steamboat be in circuit or county rather than town where court is held; P.A. 73-116 added references to judicial districts; P.A. 73-667 changed effective date of P.A. 73-116 from October 1, 1973, to April 25, 1973; P.A. 74-183 specified applicability of provisions to persons charged in superior court or court of common pleas and deleted reference to circuits, circuit courts' functions having been transferred to court of common pleas, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 deleted specific reference to superior court and court of common pleas, reflecting transfer of all trial jurisdiction to superior court, and made other minor wording changes, effective July 1, 1978; Sec. 54-77 transferred to Sec. 51-352 in the 1977 Court Reorganization Supplement; P.A. 78-280 deleted references to counties; P.A. 82-248 rephrased the section, inserted Subsec. indicators and deleted a provision concerning the place of prosecution for a person arrested for an offense committed upon a car or steamboat.
Annotations to former section 54-77:
Thief may be prosecuted wherever he carries stolen goods. 1 R. 69. No jurisdiction over offense laid to have been committed in another state. Id., 403. Stealing in another state and bringing property here constitutes crime here. 3 C. 187; 33 C. 264. Nonresident procuring crime to be committed here punishable here. 34 C. 129. Congress has no power to confer jurisdiction on state courts for federal offense, nor can General Assembly confer such jurisdiction. Id., 297; 82 C. 367; judgment reversed, see 223 U.S. 1. “Otherwise provided” construed to mean “provided by statute”. 62 C. 127. Venue of crime of nonsupport; 93 C. 363; of uttering in one county forged checks drawn on bank in another county. 96 C. 432. Trial in wrong county is error. Id. Cited. 187 C. 264.
History; constitutionality. 5 CS 506.
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