Explain like I’m five and foreign, what is the importance of crossing state lines in convictions that they mention it? For example,
22-year-old Matthias Jacob Edward Mann was arrested by the FBI at his family’s home in Hartselle, Alabama Thursday morning. His charges include attempted kidnapping and attempting to entice someone to cross state lines to commit a sexual crime.
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Crossing state lines in some cases gives the federal government the authority to step in because of the interstate commerce clause of the US constitution.
So if you steal something of little value you’ve committed a state crime and it will be a misdemeanor. If it’s of high value it can become a felony. But if you take the item across state lines and sell it you open up the possibility that you could be charged with federal crimes.
The $ amount of the crime determines if it’s a misdemeanor verses a felony and that differs from state to state.
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