§ 22-2614 Kidnapping.

If someone is charged with kidnapping, the case doesn't have to be tried only in the county where the kidnapping started. Prosecutors can bring the case in any county where the victim was taken or held during the crime.

This matters because kidnappings often involve moving a victim from one place to another. A person might be grabbed in one county, driven through a second county, and held in a third. Under this rule, the state can choose to prosecute the case in any of those counties, not just the first one.

For someone facing kidnapping charges, this means the location of the trial depends on where the victim was during the crime, not just where it began. It gives prosecutors more flexibility in deciding where to file the case.