Delaware § 2732 Homicide

Delaware Statutes

§ 2732 — Homicide

Delaware § 2732

JurisdictionDelaware

Title11

PartCriminal Procedure Generally

Ch. 27JURISDICTION AND VENUE

Subch.Venue

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Del. Code tit. 11, § 2732 (2026).

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In every case of murder and of manslaughter, if a person is poisoned or wounded in 1 county and dies thereof in another county, prosecution shall be had in the county wherein such person was poisoned or wounded. Whenever the cause producing the death of a person happens in a county and the death out of it, the offense shall be deemed complete in the county wherein the cause happens and shall there be inquired of, heard and determined.

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In every case of murder and of manslaughter, if a person is poisoned or wounded in 1 county and dies thereof in another county, prosecution shall be had in the county wherein such person was poisoned or wounded. Whenever the cause producing the death of a person happens in a county and the death out of it, the offense shall be deemed complete in the county wherein the cause happens and shall there be inquired of, heard and determined.