What is the test for whether a crime charged is a continuous crime?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Roth, 129 Misc.2d 381, 492 N.Y.S.2d 971 (N.Y. Cty. Ct. 1985):
"the law is well settled that it is a question of fact for the jury to decide, if appropriate, satisfactory and adequate evidence is adduced at trial, whether the crime charged is a continuous crime as well as the defendant's guilt or innocence thereof." (People v. Cox, supra, People v. Daghita, supra )
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