A person may be convicted and sentenced under the law of this state if the person:

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Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 609.025

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
  • state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44

(1) commits an offense in whole or in part within this state; or

(2) being without the state, causes, aids or abets another to commit a crime within the state; or

(3) being without the state, intentionally causes a result within the state prohibited by the criminal laws of this state.

It is not a defense that the defendant‘s conduct is also a criminal offense under the laws of another state or of the United States or of another country.