Michigan Laws 762.4 – Jurisdiction; court of record; offense near boundary line
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 762.4
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
Whenever any court of record having criminal jurisdiction, the boundaries of whose jurisdiction as fixed by statute are not coincident with the boundary lines of a county or counties, shall take jurisdiction or have pending before it any trial or cause arising out of the commission of an offense at, on or near to the boundary line of the jurisdiction of said court, the jurisdiction of said court shall not be questioned, after the swearing of the jury, unless the evidence shall show the offense to have been committed more than 100 rods outside of the boundary of the jurisdiction of said court as fixed by statute.