Practice question
All acts and essential ingredients of a charged offense occurred in City A. The victim later moved to City B. No special venue statute applies. Does that move alone permit trial in City B?
- Yes, because victims choose venue
- Yes, because moving creates a new ingredient
- No, because later residence alone supplies no territorial connection to the offense
- Yes, if the accused can afford travel
- No, because only the accused's residence ever determines venue
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html — Rule110 §§2–4,5 private-crime clauses,10,15–16 and Rule111; read §5 first paragraph with AM02-2-07-SC amendment.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2007/jun2007/gr_170298_2007.html — Isip v People, GR170298, June26 2007, MAIN decision (criminal territorial venue).
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