Darcy lives in North Carolina. Upon learning about an upcoming music festival in California, Darcy creates realistic, high-quality digital replicas of the festival’s VIP wristband passes and PDF tickets. She posts them for sale online from her computer in North Carolina, and a group of friends in California buys four “tickets” from her for $1,200 via online payment. When the friends are turned away by festival security, they file a police report. A warrant is later...
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Improper venue is waivable, while improper jurisdiction ordinarily is not.
An acquittal under the Double Jeopardy Clause includes a dismissal of a charge for insufficient evidence or an appellate court’s reversal of a conviction for insufficient evidence.
If the elements of the offense were committed in more than one county, each county in which an element of the crime was committed has concurrent venue. See G.S. 15A-132(a).
A prosecutor’s failure to sign an indictment does not invalidate the indictment. G.S. 15A-644(a)(4).
Venue to try an accessory after the fact is proper in any county where the principal could be prosecuted or in the county where the defendant committed acts that form the basis of the charge of accessory after the fact.
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