Terms Used In Indiana Code 35-36-6-7

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
   Sec. 7. If in a new prosecution for the same offense the defendant refuses to elect in which county the new prosecution is to be instituted, he shall be recognized to appear before or be remanded to the proper court of the county from which the change of venue was taken, as if he had elected to be proceeded against in the county from which the change of venue was taken.

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.298, SEC.5.