The jurisdiction of a criminal action for stealing or embezzling, in any other state, the property of another, or receiving it knowing it to have been stolen or embezzled, and bringing the same into this State, is in any competent court into or through the jurisdictional territory of which such stolen or embezzled property has been brought.
Cal. Penal Code § 789
Of the Local Jurisdiction of Public Offenses
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 127 Cal. App. 39 - People v. McGowan (1932)
Most recently applied in 127 Cal. App. 39 - People v. McGowan (October 1932)
Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674.
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