18 U.S.C. § 3235
Venue in capital cases
- Code
- United States Code
- Title
- 18
- Section
- 3235
- Text current through
- Pub. L. 119-111
What does the statute say?
§ 3235. Venue in capital cases
The trial of offenses punishable with death shall be had in the county where the offense was committed, where that can be done without great inconvenience.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 826.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on section 101 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Judicial Code and Judiciary (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 40, 36 Stat. 1100).
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