When the commission of a public offense, commenced without the State, is consummated within its boundaries by a defendant, himself outside the State, through the intervention of an innocent or guilty agent or any other means proceeding directly from said defendant, he is liable to punishment therefor in this State in any competent court within the jurisdictional territory of which the offense is consummated.
Cal. Penal Code § 778
Of the Local Jurisdiction of Public Offenses
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Sheriff, Clark County v. Thompson (1969)
Most recently applied in State of Iowa v. Demetrius S. Rimmer v. Rona Murphy v. Melonicka Thomas (March 2016)
Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674.
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Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.