Indian-Status

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-1214 Oklahoma v. Emmitt G. Sam Oklahoma 2022-03-07 Denied Relisted (6) 18-usc-1153 criminal-defendant federal-jurisdiction indian indian-status major-crimes-act statutory-interpretation tribal-law What requirements must a criminal defendant satisfy to qualify as an 'Indian' under the Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1153?
21-1193 Oklahoma v. Robert Eric Wadkins Oklahoma 2022-03-02 Denied Relisted (6) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law indian-status major-crimes-act statutory-interpretation tribal-membership What requirements must a criminal defendant satisfy to qualify as an 'Indian' under the Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1153?
21-7257 Jimmy Dale Stone v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-03-02 Denied IFP Criminal-Jurisdiction Due-Process Fourteenth-Amendment Indian-Status native-american-rights post-conviction-relief Public-Law-83-280 Treaty-Provisions Did the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals violate Mr. Stone's Fourteenth-Amendment-right-to-Due-Process
21-7144 Robert James Grass v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-02-17 Denied IFP cherokee-status criminal-jurisdiction due-process fourteenth-amendment indian-status post-conviction-relief state-courts treaty-provisions Did the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals violate Mr. Grass' Fourteenth Amendment right to Due Process?
20-87 George Lee Nobles v. North Carolina North Carolina 2020-07-29 Denied Response Waived criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction indian-law indian-status jury-determination jury-instructions major-crimes-act statutory-interpretation Whether Indian status under the Major Crimes Act is a jury question
19-6433 Edward Anthony Torres v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-jurisdiction district-court due-process federal-courts indian-status jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue magistrate-court native-american native-american-law ninth-circuit pretrial-decision standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a district court may, pretrial, decide an Indian status jurisdictional question