Drug Defendant Denied Review Of State Court Conviction After Tribal Court Plea

(October 18, 2016, 9:28 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 17 denied a petition for writ of certiorari filed by a man who claims that his constitutional rights were violated when he was convicted in state court for drug offenses that he had already pleaded guilty to in a tribal court (Christopher Lynn Ellsworth v. Alfred Ramos, et al., No. 16-196, U.S. Sup.)....

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