The KerâFrisbie doctrine is applied in the context of jurisdiction and generally holds that courts have jurisdiction over criminal defendants in the United States regardless of whether their presence before the court is lawfully secured.[1] In Ker v. Illinois, 119 U.S. 436 (1886), a messenger forcibly kidnapped the defendant from Peru and brought him back to the United States, even though he had b


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