When Does A Crime Become Federal? Andrew Russek of Combs Waterkotte discusses the scenarios that lead to a crime being in federal jurisdiction.
Interview Transcript
Scott Michael Dunn: Besides state lines, Andrew, when does the crime become federal?
Andrew Russek: So there does have to be federal jurisdiction. As Chris said, that could be “part of the crime happened in Illinois, part of it happened in Missouri.”
For drug conspiracy, a lot of times, there’s somebody from a border state sending the drugs in. You’re receiving them. That’s federal jurisdiction, even if you’re only selling the drugs in one state. Often, you’ll also see gun crimes because the gun was brought from out of state.
There has to be that jurisdictional connection, or it has to happen on federal territory. So things that happen on Fort Leonard Wood or Scott Air Force Base, the Arch grounds…even a DUI can technically be charged by federal if it happens on that federal ground. So we get DUIs out of the Arch all the time.
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