Judgment Overturned for Second Convicted Killer in Wake of Creek Reservation Case

The judgments in two criminal cases were vacated after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the state of Oklahoma lacked the authority to prosecute some Native Americans. Mike McBride III, chair of the firm’s Indian Law & Gaming Practice Group, discusses the Major Crimes Act and the potential for overturned criminal convictions on reservations to be retried in federal court. More.

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Mike McBride III

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Indian Law & Gaming