Supreme Court of California

The question whether a California court has jurisdiction to adjudicate a charge of a crime committed in whole or in part outside of the state is a matter to be determined by the trial court rather than by a jury.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/13/2005
• Published 01/13/2005

Judges

• GEORGE, C.J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey J. Stuetz, Herndon, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Waldemar D. Halka DeSalava for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Robert M. Foster, Garrett Beaumont, Warren P. Robinson, Frederick R. Millar, Jr., and Steven T. Oetting, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.