i need help on 2 questions. heres the scenario,

Connie Craft lives in Stockton, which is located in San Joaquin County in California. She stole a new computer from her neighbor's home and was arrested within an hour in her own home, where the computer was immediately found. Assume that the crime is a felony under California’s state statutes, that all proper legal procedures have been followed, and that she is about to be tried for the first time in a California state court.

Ok the questions i have are....

1) Suppose Connie’s conduct is a theft offense under federal law because there is also a federal statute which makes stealing a computer a federal crime. Which federal court has jurisdiction over the felony criminal prosecution of Connie for the federal offense? Why?

2)Assuming Connie’s crime is both a state and a federal crime, would trying Connie once in state court and again in federal court for the same action constitute double jeopardy? Why or why not? Assume the preemption doctrine does not apply.

thanks!

Although this is not my area of expertise, it would seem that the state would be the one to prosecute, since no state lines have been crossed. I don't think the federal statutes become effective unless the burglary involves more than one state.

Since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "federal state prosecution" to get these possible sources:

http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:egU2v-lKADsJ:www.law.harvard.edu/students/opia/docs/guide-sizing-up-prosecution.pdf+federal+state+prosecution&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us&client=safari
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/LSI/journal/issues/v30n2/302003/302003.web.pdf?erFrom=1170573116265279725Guest
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecutor

I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.

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