Kansas · Kansas Statutes Annotated — Chapter 22, Criminal Procedure
K.S.A. Ch. 22 § 22-2611: Death and cause of death in different places
What this law says, in plain English
When a fatal injury occurs in one county but death happens in another, prosecution may occur in either county. Death is presumed to have occurred where the body is found.
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