CR09-601 04/21/03

TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION (13 V.S.A. § 2)

One of the essential elements which the State must have proven is that the alleged offense occurred within the State of Vermont. If all of the acts occurred in another state, then there is no jurisdiction and you must find (Def)_______________ not guilty. However, if (Def)_______________ intended to commit this crime, and if (Def)_______________ did an act within this state in execution or partial execution of [his] [her] intent to commit the crime, and if (Def)_______________’s acts within the state culminated in the commission of the crime either inside or outside the state, then you may find (Def)_______________ guilty of the crime in the same manner as if [he] [she] had committed the crime entirely within the state.