Montana Code Annotated 2003

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     46-2-101. State criminal jurisdiction. (1) A person is subject to prosecution in this state for an offense 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:
     (a) the offense is committed either wholly or partly within the state;
     (b) the conduct outside the state constitutes an attempt to commit an offense within the state and an act in furtherance of the offense occurs in the state; or
     (c) the conduct within the state constitutes an attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to commit in another jurisdiction an offense under the laws of this state and such other jurisdiction.
     (2) An offense is committed partly within this state if either the conduct which is an element of the offense or the result which is an element occurs within the state. In homicide, the "result" is either the physical contact which causes death or the death itself, and if the body of a homicide victim is found within the state, the death is presumed to have occurred within the state.
     (3) An offense 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 offender at the time of the omission.
     (4) This state includes the land and water and the air space above such land and water with respect to which the state has legislative jurisdiction.

     History: En. 95-304 by Sec. 1, Ch. 196, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 95-304.

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