Practice question
Subject to existing special laws, where must a criminal action ordinarily be instituted and tried?
- Where the offended party prefers
- Where the offense or any essential ingredient occurred
- Where defense counsel resides
- Where the accused has the most property
- Where the prosecutor first studied the file
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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