47 U.S.C. § 505
Venue of trials
The trial of any offense under this chapter shall be in the district in which it is committed; or if the offense is committed upon the high seas, or out of the jurisdiction of any particular State or district, the trial shall be in the district where the offender may be found or into which he shall be first brought. Whenever the offense is begun in one jurisdiction and completed in another it may be dealt with, inquired of, tried, determined, and punished in either jurisdiction in the same manner as if the offense had been actually and wholly committed therein.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1977–1999 · leading case: United States v. Frankie Crocker, 568 F.2d 1049 (3rd Cir. 1977).
United States v. Frankie Crocker, 568 F.2d 1049 (3rd Cir. 1977). “Whenever the offense is begun in one jurisdiction and completed in another it may be dealt with, inquired of, tried, determined, and punished in either jurisdiction in the same manner as if the offense had been actually and wholly committed therein.”
Reynolds Corp. v. Nat'l Operator Servs., Inc., 73 F. Supp. 2d 299 (W.D.N.Y. 1999). “Reynolds asserts that venue is proper under the Communications Act, specifically 47 U.S.C. § 505 , which provides that: The trial of any offense under this chapter shall be in the district in which it is committed; or if the offense is committed upon the high seas, or out of the…”
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