9th Circuit Decides Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction Row In Favor Of Washington State

Mealey's (June 30, 2020, 1:26 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Washington state and local police have criminal jurisdiction over members of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation who commit crimes on reservation land, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held June 29 after interpreting a 2014 state proclamation retroceding jurisdiction over some crimes to the United States (Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation v. Yakima County, et al., No. 19-35199, 9th Cir.)....