Sec. 11. (a) In any criminal proceeding wherein the defendant is charged with murder, a Level 1 felony, or a Level 2 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 administrator 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.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-2-9-2.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.61. Amended by P.L.118-2007, SEC.32; P.L.158-2013, SEC.390.