(a)   In the District Court, a prosecution for a crime shall be brought in
the district that includes the county where the crime was committed,
and the trial shall be held in that county unless the case is lawfully
removed.
  (b)   If a person is feloniously stricken or poisoned in a county and dies in
another county of the same stroke or poison, a prosecution for the
felony shall be brought in the county where the stroke or poison was
given.
  (c)   A prosecution may be brought in the county in which the defendant is
arrested or first brought if the prosecution is for:
    (1)   a crime committed on the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and not in a
county;
    (2)   aiding, abetting, or comforting the perpetrator of such a crime; or
    (3)   being an accessory to such a crime.
  (d)   If a person is feloniously stricken or poisoned on the waters of the
Chesapeake Bay and not in a county, and dies of the same stroke or
poison in a county, a prosecution for the felony, or for being an
accessory to the felony, shall be brought in the county where the
person died.
  (e)   If a person is feloniously stricken or poisoned in a county, and dies
of the same stroke or poison on the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and
not in a county, a prosecution for the felony, or for being an
accessory to the felony, shall be brought in the county where the
stroke or poison was given.
  (f)   (1)   In this subsection, "common carrier" means a steamboat, railroad
train, motor bus, airplane, or other means of intercity or interstate
public transportation.
    (2)   Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, a prosecution for an
indictable crime committed on a common carrier may be brought, and a
District Court commissioner may hold the defendant to bail if the crime
is bailable, in any county from, to, or through which the common
carrier runs.
    (3)   If the accused is held to bail under this subsection by a District
Court commissioner, prosecution for the crime shall be in the county
where the defendant is held.
  (g)   (1)   A prosecution for a crime may be brought in the county in which process
for the arrest and prosecution of the defendant is first issued if:
      (i)   the crime was committed at the boundary between counties; or
      (ii)   the boundary is so uncertain or the site of the crime is so near to the
boundary that it is doubtful in which county the crime was committed.
    (2)   To establish the venue alleged in the charging document, the State need
only prove that a set of facts in paragraph (1)(i) or (ii) of this
subsection is true.
  (h)   Except as otherwise provided by law, a prosecution of a person for
being an accessory after the fact to murder or other felony shall be
brought in the county in which the person became an accessory.
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