assimilative-crimes-act

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-7390 Robert James Turner, aka Robert James Branham v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-04-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP assimilative-crimes-act civil-rights criminal-procedure district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction government-action jurisdictional-dispute legal-review ninth-circuit stipulation Whether the district court's jurisdiction over the case was legally defeated by the defendant's stipulation regarding the location of the offense, and…
22-796 Johnny Ellery Smith v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-02-22 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived assimilative-crimes-act federal-prosecution general-crimes-act indian-country state-law-offenses treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty Whether the Assimilative Crimes Act applies to Indian country
22-6258 Rondale Young v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP assimilated-crimes assimilative-crimes-act criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment houston-v-moore separate-sovereign-doctrine Whether a defendant previously acquitted of murder under a state statute can be tried for the same murder under the same state statute pursuant to a f…
19-5744 Johnny Ellery Smith v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP assimilative-crimes-act criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction indian-country indian-law major-crimes-act state-law tribal-sovereignty Did the federal government's prosecution of an Indian for violation of state law in Indian country violate federal statutes and tribal sovereignty ret…