Kentucky Revised Statutes
Ky. Rev. Stat. § 452.620 (2026)
Doubt as to where offense committed
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When there is a reasonable doubt as to whether the offense was committed in the county in which an indictment has been returned or in some other county, the venue of the prosecution is in the county in which the indictment was returned. History: Reenacted 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 234, sec. 34. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1146. Formerly codified as KRS 431.020.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1968–2005 · leading case: State v. Anderson, 2005 WI 54 (Wis. 2005).
State v. Anderson, 2005 WI 54 (Wis. 2005). “1999) (discussing broader legislation that provides that "where an attorney general concludes that an offense was committed somewhere within the state, but `it is impossible to determine in which county it occurred, the offense may be alleged in the indictment to have been…”
Hardin v. Commonwealth, 437 S.W.2d 931 (Ky. Ct. App. 1968). “KRS 452.620 (formerly § 1146, Kentucky Statutes) provides that if there is a reasonable doubt as to whether a felony has been committed in the county in which an indictment has been returned or in some other county, the venue of the *933 prosecution is in the county in which the…”
Hendron v. Commonwealth, 487 S.W.2d 275 (Ky. Ct. App. 1972). “510 fixes the venue of a criminal prosecution in the county where the offense is committed, KRS 452.620 provides that when there is a reasonable doubt as to whether the offense was committed in the county where the indictment is returned or in some other county, the venue of the…”
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