Tribal Member Says Reversal Of Murder Conviction, Death Penalty Not Cert Worthy

(April 17, 2018, 2:44 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ reversal of a state court murder conviction based on its finding that an Indian reservation in Oklahoma had not been disestablished by Congress, so the accused should have been tried in federal court, does not warrant U.S. Supreme Court review, the convicted man told the high court April 9 in response to Oklahoma’s petition for a writ of certiorari (Terry Royal v. Patrick Dwayne Murphy, No. 17-1107, U.S. Sup., 2018 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 1472)....