Practice question
Does an accused’s arrest in a city alone establish Rule110 Section15(a) venue if no offense or essential ingredient occurred there?
- No
- Yes; arrest always creates venue everywhere
- Yes; police preference replaces territorial facts
- Yes; every custody site is necessarily a crime scene
- Yes; venue is wholly optional
Legal references
- Navaja v De Castro GR180969 September11,2017 MAIN, single preliminary-investigation obstruction design: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2017/sep2017/gr_180969_2017.html
- Rule110 Section15(a), place of institution and trial: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
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