(2) While in this state, the person conspires or attempts to | 22 |
commit, or is guilty of complicity in the commission of, an | 23 |
offense in another jurisdiction, which offense is an offense
under | 24 |
both the laws of this state and the other
jurisdiction, or, while | 25 |
in this state, the person conspires to commit an offense in | 26 |
another jurisdiction, which offense is an offense under both the | 27 |
laws of this state and the other jurisdiction, and a substantial | 28 |
overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy is undertaken in this | 29 |
state by the person or another person involved in the conspiracy, | 30 |
subsequent to the person's entrance into the conspiracy. In any | 31 |
case in which a person attempts to commit, is guilty of complicity | 32 |
in the commission of, or conspires to commit an offense in another | 33 |
jurisdiction as described in this division, the person is subject | 34 |
to criminal prosecution and punishment in this state for the | 35 |
attempt, complicity, or conspiracy, and for any resulting offense | 36 |
that is committed or completed in the other jurisdiction. | 37 |
(4) While out of this state, the person omits to perform a | 41 |
legal
duty imposed by the laws of this state, which omission | 42 |
affects a
legitimate interest of the state in protecting, | 43 |
governing, or
regulating any person, property, thing, transaction, | 44 |
or activity
in this state. | 45 |
(7) The person, by means
of a computer, computer system, | 52 |
computer network,
telecommunication, telecommunications device, | 53 |
telecommunications service, or information service, causes or | 54 |
knowingly
permits any writing, data,
image, or other | 55 |
telecommunication to be disseminated or transmitted into this | 56 |
state in violation of the law of this state. | 57 |
(B) In homicide, the element referred to in division
(A)(1) | 58 |
of this section is eitherincludes the act that causes
death, or | 59 |
the physical contact that causes death, or the death
itself, or | 60 |
any other element that is set forth in the offense in question. If | 61 |
any part of the body of a homicide victim is found in this state, | 62 |
the death is presumed to have occurred within this state. | 63 |
(2) The courts of common pleas of Adams, Athens, Belmont, | 71 |
Brown, Clermont, Columbiana, Gallia, Hamilton, Jefferson, | 72 |
Lawrence, Meigs, Monroe, Scioto, and Washington counties have | 73 |
jurisdiction beyond the north or northwest shore of the Ohio
river | 74 |
extending to the opposite shore line, between the extended | 75 |
boundary lines of any adjacent counties or adjacent state. Each
of | 76 |
those courts of common pleas has concurrent jurisdiction on
the | 77 |
Ohio river with any adjacent court of common pleas that
borders on | 78 |
that river and with any court of Kentucky or of West
Virginia that | 79 |
borders on the Ohio river and that has jurisdiction
on the Ohio | 80 |
river under the law of Kentucky or the law of West
Virginia, | 81 |
whichever is applicable, or under federal law. | 82 |
(D) When an offense is committed under the laws of this | 83 |
state, and it appears beyond a reasonable doubt that the offense | 84 |
or any element of the offense took place either in
this state or | 85 |
in another
jurisdiction or jurisdictions, but it cannot reasonably | 86 |
be
determined in which it took place, the offense or element
is | 87 |
conclusively presumed to have taken place in this state for | 88 |
purposes of this section. | 89 |
(B) When the offense or any element of the offense was | 117 |
committed in an aircraft, motor vehicle, train, watercraft, or | 118 |
other vehicle, in transit, and it cannot reasonably be determined | 119 |
in which jurisdiction the offense was committed, the offender may | 120 |
be tried in any jurisdiction through which the aircraft, motor | 121 |
vehicle, train, watercraft, or other vehicle passed. | 122 |
(D) When the offense is conspiracy, attempt, or complicity | 128 |
cognizable under division (A)(2) of section 2901.11 of the
Revised | 129 |
Code, the offender may be tried in any jurisdiction in
which the | 130 |
conspiracy, attempt, complicity, or any of its elements
occurred. | 131 |
If an offense resulted outside this state from the conspiracy, | 132 |
attempt, or complicity, that resulting offense also may be tried | 133 |
in any jurisdiction in which the conspiracy, attempt, complicity, | 134 |
or any of the elements of the conspiracy, attempt, or complicity | 135 |
occurred. | 136 |
(E) When the offense is conspiracy or attempt cognizable | 137 |
under division (A)(3) of section 2901.11 of the Revised Code, the | 138 |
offender may be tried in any jurisdiction in which the offense | 139 |
that was the object of the conspiracy or attempt, or any element | 140 |
of that offense, was intended to or could have taken
place. When | 141 |
the
offense is complicity cognizable under division (A)(3) of | 142 |
section
2901.11 of the Revised Code, the offender may be tried in | 143 |
any
jurisdiction in which the principal offender may be tried. | 144 |
(H) When an offender, as part of a course of criminal | 156 |
conduct, commits offenses in different jurisdictions, the
offender | 157 |
may be
tried for all of those offenses in any jurisdiction in | 158 |
which one
of those offenses or any element of one of those | 159 |
offenses
occurred. Without limitation on the evidence that may be | 160 |
used to
establish the course of criminal conduct, any of the | 161 |
following is prima-facie evidence of a course of criminal conduct: | 162 |
(I)(1) When the offense involves a computer, computer
system, | 178 |
computer network, telecommunication, telecommunications
device, | 179 |
telecommunications service, or information service, the
offender | 180 |
may be tried in any jurisdiction containing any location of the | 181 |
computer, computer
system, or computer network of the victim of | 182 |
the offense,
in any jurisdiction from which or into which, as part | 183 |
of
the offense, any writing, data, or image is disseminated or | 184 |
transmitted by means of a computer, computer system, computer | 185 |
network, telecommunication, telecommunications device, | 186 |
telecommunications service, or information service, or in
any | 187 |
jurisdiction in which the alleged offender commits any activity | 188 |
that is an essential part of the offense. | 189 |
(K) Notwithstanding any other requirement for the place of | 200 |
trial, venue may be changed, upon motion of the prosecution, the | 201 |
defense, or the court, to any court having jurisdiction of the | 202 |
subject matter outside the county in which trial otherwise would | 203 |
be held, when it appears that a fair and impartial trial cannot
be | 204 |
held in the jurisdiction in which trial otherwise would be
held, | 205 |
or when it appears that trial should be held in another | 206 |
jurisdiction for the convenience of the parties and in the | 207 |
interests of justice. | 208 |