Ohio § 2901.12

§ 2901.12.

(A) The trial of a criminal case in this state shall be held in a court having jurisdiction

of the subject matter, and, except in cases of emergency under section 1901.028 , 1907.04 , 2301.04 , or 2501.20 of the Revised Code , in the territory of which the offense or any element of the offense was committed. (B) When the offense or any element of the offense was committed in an aircraft, motor

vehicle, train, watercraft, or other vehicle, in transit, and it cannot reasonably

be determined in which jurisdiction the offense was committed, the offender may be

tried in any jurisdiction through which the aircraft, motor vehicle, train, watercraft,

or other vehicle passed. (C) When the offense involved the unlawful taking or receiving of property or the unlawful

taking or enticing of another, the offender may be tried in any jurisdiction from

which or into which the property or victim was taken, received, or enticed. (D) When the offense is conspiracy, attempt, or complicity cognizable under division (A)(2) of section 2901.11 of the Revised Code , the offender may be tried in any jurisdiction in which the conspiracy, attempt,

complicity, or any of its elements occurred.  If an offense resulted outside this state from the conspiracy, attempt, or complicity,

that resulting offense also may be tried in any jurisdiction in which the conspiracy,

attempt, complicity, or any of the elements of the conspiracy, attempt, or complicity

occurred. (E) When the offense is conspiracy or attempt cognizable under division (A)(3) of section 2901.11 of the Revised Code , the offender may be tried in any jurisdiction in which the offense that was the

object of the conspiracy or attempt, or any element of that offense, was intended

to or could have taken place.  When the offense is complicity cognizable under division (A)(3) of section 2901.11 of the Revised Code , the offender may be tried in any jurisdiction in which the principal offender may

be tried. (F) When an offense is considered to have been committed in this state while the offender

was out of this state, and the jurisdiction in this state in which the offense or

any material element of the offense was committed is not reasonably ascertainable,

the offender may be tried in any jurisdiction in which the offense or element reasonably

could have been committed. (G) When it appears beyond a reasonable doubt that an offense or any element of an offense

was committed in any of two or more jurisdictions, but it cannot reasonably be determined

in which jurisdiction the offense or element was committed, the offender may be tried

in any of those jurisdictions. (H) When an offender, as part of a course of criminal conduct, commits offenses in different

jurisdictions, the offender may be tried for all of those offenses in any jurisdiction

in which one of those offenses or any element of one of those offenses occurred.  Without limitation on the evidence that may be used to establish the course of criminal

conduct, any of the following is prima-facie evidence of a course of criminal conduct: (1) The offenses involved the same victim, or victims of the same type or from the same

group. (2) The offenses were committed by the offender in the offender's same employment, or

capacity, or relationship to another. (3) The offenses were committed as part of the same transaction or chain of events, or

in furtherance of the same purpose or objective. (4) The offenses were committed in furtherance of the same conspiracy. (5) The offenses involved the same or a similar modus operandi. (6) The offenses were committed along the offender's line of travel in this state, regardless

of the offender's point of origin or destination. (I)(1) When the offense involves a computer, computer system, computer network, telecommunication,

telecommunications device, telecommunications service, or information service, the

offender may be tried in any jurisdiction containing any location of the computer,

computer system, or computer network of the victim of the offense, in any jurisdiction

from which or into which, as part of the offense, any writing, data, or image is disseminated

or transmitted by means of a computer, computer system, computer network, telecommunication,

telecommunications device, telecommunications service, or information service, or

in any jurisdiction in which the alleged offender commits any activity that is an

essential part of the offense. (2) As used in this section, “computer,” “computer system,” “computer network,” “information

service,” “telecommunication,” “telecommunications device,” “telecommunications service,”

“data,” and “writing” have the same meanings as in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code . (J) When the offense involves the death of a person, and it cannot reasonably be determined

in which jurisdiction the offense was committed, the offender may be tried in the

jurisdiction in which the dead person's body or any part of the dead person's body

was found. (K) Notwithstanding any other requirement for the place of trial, venue may be changed,

upon motion of the prosecution, the defense, or the court, to any court having jurisdiction

of the subject matter outside the county in which trial otherwise would be held, when

it appears that a fair and impartial trial cannot be held in the jurisdiction in which

trial otherwise would be held, or when it appears that trial should be held in another

jurisdiction for the convenience of the parties and in the interests of justice.