California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ackelbein, A132997 (Cal. App. 2012):
Section 781 is to be construed liberally to achieve its underlying purpose: expansion of venue beyond the single county in which a crime may be said to have been committed. (People v. Betts (2005) 34 Cal.4th 1039, 1057.) Section 781's phrase " 'acts or effects . . . requisite to the consummation' " of a crime encompasses preparatory acts. (People v. Betts, at p. 1057.)
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