Where an offense is commenced in this state and consummated out of it, either directly or by the accused or by any means or agency procured by or proceeding from him, he may be indicted and tried in the county in which such offense was commenced or from which such means or agency proceeded.
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-11-17
Offenses commenced in and consummated out of state
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Evans v. State (1997)
Most recently applied in Evans v. State (September 1997)
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 243; 1871, § 2753; 1880, § 2993; 1892, § 1333; 1906, § 1405; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1160; 1930, § 1185; 1942, § 2428.
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