Statute · California Penal Code
Cal. Penal Code § 778 — Of the Local Jurisdiction of Public Offenses
Cal. Penal Code § 778
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Penal Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
When the commission of a public offense, commenced without the State, is consummated within its boundaries by a defendant, himself outside the State, through the intervention of an innocent or guilty agent or any other means proceeding directly from said defendant, he is liable to punishment…
Citator
Cal. Penal Code § 778 — Of the Local Jurisdiction of Public Offenses is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
When the commission of a public offense, commenced without the State, is consummated within its boundaries by a defendant, himself outside the State, through the intervention of an innocent or guilty agent or any other means proceeding directly from said defendant, he is liable to punishment therefor in this State in any competent court within the jurisdictional territory of which the offense is consummated.