Title 17, Chapter 2, Section 1
( 17-2-1)
(a) It is the policy of this state to exercise its jurisdiction over
crime and persons charged with the commission of crime to the
fullest extent allowable under, and consistent with, the
Constitution of this state and the Constitution of the United
States. (b) Pursuant to this policy, a person shall be subject to
prosecution in this state for a crime which he commits, while either
within or outside the state, by his own conduct or that of another
for which he is legally accountable, if: (1) The crime is committed either wholly or partly within the
state; (2) The conduct outside the state constitutes an attempt to commit
a crime within the state; or (3) The conduct within the state constitutes an attempt to commit
in another jurisdiction a crime under the laws of both this state
and the other jurisdiction. (c) A crime is committed partly within this state if either the
conduct which is an element of the crime or the result which is such
an element occurs within the state. In homicide, the "result" is
either the act which causes death or the death itself; and, if the
body of a homicide victim is found within this state, the death is
presumed to have occurred within the state. (d) A crime which is based on an omission to perform a duty imposed
by the law of this state is committed within the state, regardless
of the location of the accused at the time of the omission. |