UNIS, Justice.
Article I, section 11, of the Oregon Constitution guarantees a criminal defendant the right to a trial "in the county in which the offense shall have been committed." This venue requirement is a material allegation of the indictment that must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. State v. Cooksey,
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