Rule 32.14 Misdemeanors or Felonies - Jurisdiction of Court in Transferred Criminal Proceedings

When a criminal case gets moved to a different court because of a change of venue, that new court has full authority to handle the case. It can hear the case and make decisions just like it would if the case had started there in the first place.

This matters because it means moving a case to a new location does not weaken the court's power to handle it. The new court is not treated as some kind of temporary stand-in. It has the same full authority as the original court would have had, so the case can move forward normally despite the change in location.