Murder or Class A felony proceedings; selection of jury; verdict
and judgment
Sec. 11. (a) In any criminal proceeding wherein the defendant is
charged with murder or a Class A felony to be tried before a jury in
which a motion for a change of venue from the county is filed, the
court may recognize but decline to grant the motion, and order that
the jury be drawn from the residents of a county other than the
county in which the court is located.
(b) Pursuant to an order under this section, the court may convene
in any county in the state for purposes of jury selection. The venire
may be drawn by the jury commissioners of a court in the jurors'
home county, or may be drawn by the court itself by random
selection.
(c) After a jury is selected, the trial shall be held in the county of
the court's location. The verdict of the jury and the judgment based
upon it have the same validity and effect as if the jury had been
drawn from the county of the court's location.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.61.
Last modified: May 24, 2006