California · Penal Code

PEN §778b: Every person who, being out of this state, causes, aids, advises, or encourages any person to commit a crime within this state, and is afterwards found within this state, is punishable in the same man

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A person outside the state who causes, aids, advises, or encourages someone to commit a crime within the state faces the same punishment as if they had committed the crime in-state, if found in the state afterward.

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Every person who, being out of this state, causes, aids, advises, or encourages any person to commit a crime within this state, and is afterwards found within this state, is punishable in the same manner as if he had been within this state when he caused, aided, advised, or encouraged the commission of such crime.

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