State v. Ruiz

The State appeals the final order entered by the trial court dismissing, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, the information filed against Ludwig Velarde Ruiz (defendant). Concluding that the trial court did indeed possess subject matter jurisdiction over this prosecution, we reverse.

The State charged the defendant with committing the crime of computer pornography.1 The defendant filed a pre-trial motion to dismiss the information, alleging that the State lacked subject matter jurisdiction to prosecute the case because all of the acts committed by the defendant occurred outside the…