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K.S.A. § 22-2602 (2026)

Place of trial

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22-2602. Place of trial. Except as otherwise provided by law, the prosecution shall be in the county where the crime was committed.

History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-2602; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 44 cases (9 in the last 5 years), 1978–2026 · leading case: State v. Hillard, 511 P.3d 883 (Kan. 2022).
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State v. Hillard, 511 P.3d 883 (Kan. 2022). · cites it 3× “Under K.S.A. 22-2602, except as otherwise provided by law, the prosecution must be in the county where the crime was committed.”
State v. Robinson, 363 P.3d 875 (Kan. 2015). · cites it 2× “The legislature has developed a number of rules to address more complicated venue questions.”
State v. Boorigie, 41 P.3d 764 (Kan. 2002). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. 22-2602. The defendant contends that venue for counts 6, 9, and 10 was in Elk and Wilson Counties and that the charges were improperly filed in Montgomery County; therefore, the Montgomery County District Court lacked jurisdiction to convict him of these charges.”
State v. Calderon, 661 P.2d 781 (Kan. 1983). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. 22-2602. An exception to this rule appears in K.”
State v. Castleberry, 339 P.3d 795 (Kan. 2014). “22-2603, “[w]here two or more acts are requisite to the commission of any crime and such acts occur in different counties the prosecution may be in any county in which any of such acts occur.”
State v. Chapman, 847 P.2d 1247 (Kan. 1993). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. 22-2602 provides: "Except as otherwise provided by law, the prosecution shall be in the county where the crime was committed.”
State v. Lashley, 664 P.2d 1358 (Kan. 1983). “The court modified Instruction 19 to show that the theft in this case was a continuing crime.”
State v. Spear, 304 P.3d 1246 (Kan. 2013). “See K.S.A. 22-2602 (“Except as otherwise provided by law, the prosecution shall be in the county where the crime was committed.”
State v. Torres, 386 P.3d 532 (Kan. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. 22-2602. To determine whether the State prosecuted a crime in the proper venue, we ask which act or acts constituted the crime and then determine where those acts took place.”
State v. Hunt, 176 P.3d 183 (Kan. 2008). “) K.S.A. 22-2602. A specific statute deals with the situation in which death and the cause of death occur in different places: “If the cause of death is inflicted in one county and the death ensues in another county, the prosecution may be in either of such counties.”
State v. Jordan, 537 P.3d 443 (Kan. 2023). “See K.S.A. 22-2602 (prosecution must be in county where the crime was committed); see also Kan.”
State v. Kendall, 331 P.3d 763 (Kan. 2014). “” Again, K.S.A. 2010 Supp. 21-3843(a)(l) defines the crime of violating a protective order as "knowingly or intentionally violating: (1) A protection from abuse order issued pursuant to K.”
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