State v. Nelson’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “[Concurrent jurisdiction means that two powers have jurisdiction over one and the same place. This is not to be construed to mean that one state has authority to punish an act in violation of its laws beyond its territory where the act is not prohibited by the laws of the neighboring state. Where the two states have similar laws, however, concurrent jurisdiction allows a conviction in either state for violation of such laws.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 204 Wis. 2d 464 - State v. Beck

2. “Undoubtedly one purpose, perhaps the primary purpose, in the grant of concurrent jurisdiction, was to avoid any nice question as to whether a criminal act sought to be prosecuted was committed on one side or the other of the exact boundary in the channel, that boundary sometimes changing by reason of the shifting of the channel.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 204 Wis. 2d 464 - State v. Beck

3. “prohibited and punishable by the laws of both states, the one first acquiring jurisdiction of the person may prosecute the offense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 204 Wis. 2d 464 - State v. Beck