Legal Opinion
People v. Thomas
California Supreme Court
Decided May 3, 2012No. S185305PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LIU, J.
In general, the proper venue in which to prosecute a criminal offense is the superior court of the county in which the crime was committed. (Pen. Code, § 777.) Penal Code section 781 provides that when a crime is committed “in part” in more than one county, or when “the acts or effects” constituting the crime or requisite to its commission occur in more than one county, the offense may be prosecuted in the superior court of any of those counties. (People v. Posey (2004) 32 Cal.4th 193, 199 [8 Cal.Rptr.3d 551, 82 P.3d 755].)
In the present case, defendant Rayshon Derrick Thomas…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- People v. PriceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1991
- People v. MarshallCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
- People v. PoseyCalifornia Supreme Court · 2004
- People v. GutierrezCalifornia Supreme Court · 2002
- Shawn Garfield Price v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 2001
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- People v. Beatty, California Court of Appeal, 5th District2018
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