People v. Botkin

132 Cal. 231, 64 P. 286 (1901)

Facts

Botkin (D) mailed a box of poisoned candy from California to Delaware. D wanted Elizabeth Dunning to eat the candy and die. Dunning was killed. D was charged under a California statute that permitted prosecution of a person if part of a crime was committed in California. D was convicted of murder. D appealed; the actual eating and death took place in another state and therefore California had no jurisdiction.