What if a person were to commit a crime on the four corners of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico… Not 16 crimes, but one crime at that place that connects these four states.
Suppose it’s murder? What state will the person be prosecuted in?
Will s/he get the death penalty?
Drawn and quartered.
The state the body falls in?
So where do they bury the survivors?
A point has no dimensions, only location. So no person could ever occupy that space…
I think the federal government would have jurisdiction, since it’s a national monument. However, if that weren’t the case, I think the jurisdiction would fall to the Navajo Nation.
In general, whenever any matter crosses state lines (as Four Corners most assuredly does), it’s Federal jurisdiction. This also includes, for instance, kidnapping across state lines, mail and wire fraud, etc.
I bury survivors in my back yard.
:wally
My WAG is they might find which state would have the more severe punishment. Example: D.C. Sniper and being tried in Virginia IIRC.