West v. State

OPINION

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

In this case, the petitioner, Michael West, is seeking to overturn his convictions in the State of Maryland for first-degree rape 1 and first-degree sexual offense 2 on the ground that the State lacked territorial jurisdiction to prosecute him for these offenses. West and a male accomplice abducted a woman in Prince George’s County, Maryland, and drove her across the state line into the District of Columbia, where both men coerced the victim into engaging in sexual conduct. We shall hold that, since the sexual conduct occurred in the District of Columbia, the State of…