West v. State

SONNER, Judge.

The present case requires this Court to address the issue of territorial jurisdiction between two sovereign governments. Appellant, Michael Lawrence West, claims the State of Maryland was without jurisdiction to prosecute him for the same criminal acts for which he was convicted in Washington, D.C. several months earlier. In furtherance of this claim, appellant raises the following four questions:(1) Was the evidence legally insufficient to establish Maryland’s jurisdiction as to the charges of first degree rape and first degree sexual offense?(2) Did the trial judge err when…