Ellis v. Grimsley

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that our courts have looked to the provisions of section 102 in determining the proper county in which a criminal trial should take place
• stating that our courts have looked to the provisions of section 102 in determining the proper county in which a criminal trial should take place
• stating that, while not constitutionally prohibited, “trial outside the county [where the offense occurred] is a mechanism which must be used sparingly, to prohibit dragging the accused all over the [C]ommonwealth….” (citation omitted)
• noting that the specific provision in section 102(c), which permits trial in the county where the victim is found, overrides the general rule that trial is proper only in the county where the criminal conduct occurred
• noting that the specific provision in section 102(c), which permits trial in the county where the victim is found, overrides the general rule that trial is proper only in the county where the criminal conduct occurred

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).