2014 Arkansas Code
Title 5 - Criminal Offenses
Subtitle 1 - General Provisions
Chapter 2 - Principles of Criminal Liability
Subchapter 3 - Mental Disease or Defect
§ 5-2-317 - Jurisdiction and venue.
(a) A circuit court has exclusive jurisdiction over a person acquitted by reason of mental disease or defect and committed to the custody of the Director of the Department of Human Services pursuant to § 5-2-314(b).
(b) Venue is determined as follows:
(1) For a person committed to the custody of the Department of Human Services pursuant to § 5-2-314(b) and who has been committed to the Arkansas State Hospital for examination, then venue may be in Pulaski County for the initial hearing pursuant to § 5-2-314 and for a conditional release hearing pursuant to § 5-2-315; and
(2) For a person who has been conditionally released pursuant to § 5-2-315, then venue for any hearing seeking the modification, revocation, or dismissal of a conditional release order is in the county where the person currently resides.
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