Criminal Law Laws Oklahoma 
JURIST
JUNE 29, 2022
The US Supreme Court Wednesday ruled that the state of Oklahoma can prosecute non-Native Americans who commit crimes against Native Americans on tribal territory. Castro-Huerta appealed the ruling to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, which vacated his conviction as a result of McGirt.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 26, 2022
Share A sad story involving child neglect has become the subject of a Supreme Court case — and white-hot political rhetoric — because the crime occurred on the reservation of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and the victim (but, crucially, not the defendant) is a citizen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The case, Oklahoma v.
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Patently O
AUGUST 11, 2022
Every year, law schools advertise open faculty positions via a Faculty Appointments Register sponsored by the American Association of Law Schools (AALS). Note that top ranked law schools rarely advertise for particular subject matter areas. by Dennis Crouch. The new hire then starts work the following summer.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 28, 2022
Share At the last Supreme Court oral argument of Justice Stephen Breyer’s career, the court stepped into a dispute over the state of Oklahoma’s criminal jurisdiction authority in Indian country. Oklahoma v. Oklahoma , which reaffirmed that the reservation of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation within Oklahoma remains “Indian country.”
The Crime Report
JUNE 30, 2022
The Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 that Oklahoma can prosecute non-Native Americans in Indian Country, countering a previous 2020 decision recognizing nearly half of the state as a reservation, reports the Wall Street Journal. That authority belongs to the federal government and, typically for more minor offenses, tribal courts.
JonathanTurley
MARCH 4, 2021
We often discuss criminal and civil cases that take a turn for the bizarre. An Oklahoma case is such a standout after Tulsa police cited a curious identification element in the arrest of Sharon Carr: “Cheeto dust” found in her teeth. Amended by Laws 1979, c. The answer is that it is still first degree burglary. 1910, § 2611.
SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
Michael Kimberly, arguing for Denezpi, opened by stating that the law-making and law-enforcing aspects of sovereignty are equally important to determining whether expressions of sovereign power are separate. Justice Samuel Alito, in a series of questions reminiscent of concerns he raised in oral argument in McGirt v.
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