This might seem like a stupid question but I'll ask anyway. When you commit a crime in a different state; are you prosecuted in the state where the crime is committed in or the state where you are from?
For example, I am from New York so if I am arrested for.. let's say drug possession in New Jersey would I be prosecuted in New Jersey or New York court?
2007-03-27 13:27:46 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
no you'll be prosecuted in new jersey, but if you do a crime lets say for example rapping or killing from your state and you do it in another state and they was looking for you. but you go hiding from another state when they 're catch you. you will be prosecuting in each states you had done those crimes including your state. and you will be put in jail for a long time because you gonna serve for each state.
2007-03-27 13:48:34 · answer #1 · answered by marcel m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
New Jersey
your offense would be a wrong against the state it was committed in.
with a federal offense, they hold the trial in the federal district in which you are a citizen (new york)
2007-03-27 20:32:57 · answer #2 · answered by Discipulo legis, quis cogitat? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You go to court and are tried in the state and county where the crime occured.
2007-03-27 20:40:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋