TITLE 19

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 3

LOCAL JURISDICTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES

19-316.  Conviction or acquittal in another county. When an offense is within the venue of two (2) or more counties, a conviction or acquittal thereof in one county is a bar to a prosecution or indictment therefor in another.

History:

[19-316, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 4, p. 986; am. 1986, ch. 289, sec. 16, p. 732.]