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PEOPLE v. THOMAS

No. S185305.

53 Cal.4th 1276 (2012)

140 Cal. Rptr. 3d 184

274 P.3d 1170

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RAYSHON DERRICK THOMAS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

May 3, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlo Andreani , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. , and Kamala D. Harris , Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell , Assistant Attorney General, Janet E. Neeley and Stephen G. Herndon , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

LIU, J.—

In general, the proper venue in which to prosecute a criminal offense is the superior court of the county in which the crime was committed. (Pen. Code, § 777.) Penal Code section 781 provides that when a crime is committed "in part" in more than one county, or when "the acts or effects" constituting the crime or requisite to its commission occur in more than one county, the offense may be prosecuted in the superior...

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