La ley dice que si alguien es asesinado, el lugar donde ocurrió el crimen, donde murió la persona o donde encontraron su cuerpo, es donde se puede juzgar al sospechoso. Esto es importante para saber quién tiene el poder de llevar el caso a juicio.
Es como si un partido de fútbol se jugara en la frontera de dos barrios y cada barrio quisiera ser el dueño del partido; la ley decide cuál barrio tiene más derecho a organizarlo.
Imagina que Juan es asesinado en el parque que está justo en el límite entre dos condados. La policía puede decidir en cuál de los dos condados se llevará a cabo el juicio, dependiendo de dónde se sienta que es más apropiado.
Penal Code - PEN PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681 - 1620] ( Part 2 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 3. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [777 - 883] ( Heading of Title 3 amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674. ) CHAPTER 1. Of the Local Jurisdiction of Public Offenses [777 - 795] ( Chapter 1 enacted 1872. ) 790. (a) The jurisdiction of a criminal action for murder or manslaughter is in the county where the fatal injury was inflicted or in the county in which the injured party died or in the county in which his or her body was found. However, if the defendant is indicted in the county in which the fatal injury was inflicted, at any time before his or her trial in another county, the sheriff of the other county shall, if the defendant is in custody, deliver the defendant upon demand to the sheriff of the county in which the fatal injury was inflicted. When the fatal injury was inflicted and the injured person died or his or her body was found within five hundred yards of the boundary of two or more counties, jurisdiction is in either county. (b) If a defendant is charged with a special circumstance pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 190.2, the jurisdiction for any charged murder, and for any crimes properly joinable with that murder, shall be in any county that has jurisdiction pursuant to subdivision (a) for one or more of the murders charged in a single complaint or indictment as long as the charged murders are “connected together in their commission,” as that phrase is used in Section 954, and subject to a hearing in the jurisdiction where the prosecution is attempting to consolidate the charged murders. If the charged murders are not joined or consolidated, the murder that was charged outside of the county that has jurisdiction pursuant to sub
Si el crimen sucede cerca de la frontera, se puede juzgar en cualquiera de los dos condados, lo que permite mayor flexibilidad en el proceso legal.
Sí, si el acusado está en custodia y se presenta un juicio en otro condado, se puede solicitar que el acusado sea trasladado al condado donde ocurrió el crimen.
Significa que los crímenes están relacionados entre sí de alguna manera, lo que permite que se juzguen en el mismo lugar para simplificar el proceso legal.
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