State v. Hutcherson

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of one count of sexual battery and sentenced to serve three years in the Shelby County Correctional Center. The Court of Criminal Appeals found that the State had failed to prove that the offense was committed in Shelby County; that venue and jurisdiction were not established and the conviction was reversed and dismissed.

We granted the State’s Rule 11 application for permission to appeal to determine whether the prosecution’s failure to prove venue requires dismissal, where venue is not established in another jurisdiction, or whether the ease may…