[inquest]

Thanks for the explanation. So, just as a devil's advocate type of situation, suppose I, as a Maryland resident in Maryland, throw a rock in a non-criminal manner through the window of somebody's house across the border in Virginia. Which state's laws would apply?

[Modernman]

So, just as a devil's advocate type of situation, suppose I, as a Maryland resident in Maryland, throw a rock in a non-criminal manner through the window of somebody's house across the border in Virginia. Which state's laws would apply?

Good question. I think, in a civil case, the subtantive law of Virginia would apply, since the damage occured in Virginia to a Virginia resident.