When a public offense is committed on the boundary of two or more jurisdictional territories, or within 500 yards thereof, the jurisdiction of such offense is in any competent court within either jurisdictional territory.
Cal. Penal Code § 782
Of the Local Jurisdiction of Public Offenses
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 241 Cal. App. 2d 384 - People v. Rogers (1966)
Most recently applied in People v. Bush (March 1974)
Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.