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State v. Blankenship

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  • 170 S.W.3d 676

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  • explaining that “the failure to prove venue does not negate the guilt of the defendant”
  • “As it is not a ‘criminative fact,’ venue is not an ‘element of the offense’ under Texas law.”
  • “Neither federal nor state authorities” require vicinage clause’s application in state prosecutions
  • “Neither federal nor state authorities” require vicinage clause’s application in state prosecutions
  • “Venue denotes locality, and its prevailing meaning is the place of trial, the geographical location in which an action or proceeding should be brought to trial.”
  • at common law, venue meant place where injury was declared to have occurred; “prevailing meaning [of venue] is the place of trial, the geographical location in which an action or proceeding should be brought to trial”

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Judges: Law, Puryear, Onion

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