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Mich. Comp. Laws § 762.8 (2026)

Jurisdiction; felony consisting of 2 or more acts.

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THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE


Act 175 of 1927


762.8 Jurisdiction; felony consisting of 2 or more acts.

Sec. 8.

    Whenever a felony consists or is the culmination of 2 or more acts done in the perpetration of that felony, the felony may be prosecuted in any county where any of those acts were committed or in any county that the defendant intended the felony or acts done in perpetration of the felony to have an effect.

History: Add. 1929, Act 24, Imd. Eff. Apr. 2, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 17126 ;-- CL 1948, 762.8 ;-- Am. 2013, Act 128, Imd. Eff. Oct. 9, 2013

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 41 cases (11 in the last 5 years), 1952–2025 · leading case: People v. Houthoofd, 487 Mich. 568 (Mich. 2010).
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People v. Houthoofd, 487 Mich. 568 (Mich. 2010). · cites it 34× “”7 Defendant argues that Saginaw County was not the proper venue for prosecution of the charges of witness intimidation and solicitation to commit murder because all the acts done in perpetration of those offenses occurred in other counties.”
People of Michigan v. Romon Berry McBurrows, 913 N.W.2d 342 (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 8× “First, the prosecution argues that venue is proper in Monroe County under MCL 762.8, which provides that [w]henever a felony consists or is the culmination of 2 or more acts done in the perpetration of that felony, the *415 felony may be prosecuted in any county where any of…”
People v. Webbs, 689 N.W.2d 163 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 7× “MCL 762.8. Plaintiff argues that under MCL 762.”
People v. Nutt, 677 N.W.2d 1 (Mich. 2004). · cites it 2× “120(A), should be amended to impose mandatory joinder of all the charges against a defendant arising out of the same transaction and to provide this Court with its recommendation within sixty days.”
People v. Meredith, 531 N.W.2d 749 (Mich. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 10× “To establish proper venue in Oakland County, the prosecutor relies on MCL 762.8; MSA 28.851, which provides: Whenever a felony consists or is the culmination of two or more acts done in perpetration thereof, said felony may be prosecuted in any county in which any one of said…”
People v. Gayheart, 776 N.W.2d 330 (Mich. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “” MCL 762.8. The determination of venue is a question of fact for the jury, Watson, 307 Mich at 603 ; Belanger, 120 Mich App at 757 , and the existence of venue “must be proved by the prosecutor beyond a reasonable doubt,” Webbs, 263 Mich App at 533 .”
People v. Malone, 792 N.W.2d 7 (Mich. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “” MCL 762.8. When applying MCL 762.8, the location of the commission of an act is not limited to the place of the defendant’s physical presence.”
People v. Fisher, 559 N.W.2d 318 (Mich. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 4× “§ 762.8; M.S.A. § 28.851, concerning a felony consisting of more than one act, to which the trial court indirectly alluded.”
People v. King, 721 N.W.2d 271 (Mich. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “MCL 762.8 provides that jurisdiction properly lies in any county in which any act constituting part of the crime has occurred: Whenever a felony consists or is the culmination of 2 or more acts done in the perpetration thereof, said felony may be prosecuted in any county in…”
People v. Lee, 54 N.W.2d 305 (Mich. 1952). · cites it 3× “979), provides: “Every person concerned in the commission of an offense, whether he directly commits the act constituting the offense or procures, counsels, aids, or abets in its commission may hereafter be prosecuted, indicted, tried and on conviction shall be punished as if he…”
People v. Belanger, 327 N.W.2d 554 (Mich. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “MCL 762.8; MSA 28.851 provides: "Whenever a felony consists or is the culmination of two or more acts done in the perpetration thereof, said felony may be prosecuted in any county in which any one of said acts was committed.”
People v. Jones, 406 N.W.2d 843 (Mich. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 4× “MCL 762.8; MSA 28.851 provides: Whenever a felony consists or is the culmination *761 of 2 or more acts done in the perpetration thereof, said felony may be prosecuted in any county in which any 1 of said acts was committed.”
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