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Commonwealth v. Lanoue

Citations

  • 95 N.E.2d 925
  • 326 Mass. 559
  • 1950 Mass. LEXIS 1007

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  • if a criminal act is committed in two jurisdictions, a state has jurisdiction over the act if the part of the act committed within that state has been declared to be punishable by its laws
  • where sexual intercourse occurs in another state, a defendant may not be charged in Massachusetts with begetting a child out of wedlock because the subsequent birth of the child in Massachusetts is not an element of the offense

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Judges: Qua, Lummus, Ronan, Spalding, Williams

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