Oklahoma Asks Justices To Define Indian Status Test For Major Crime Defendants

Mealey's (March 22, 2022, 9:11 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oklahoma filed two more petitions for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court recently involving the high court’s landmark criminal jurisdiction ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma, this time asking the justices to decide how to determine if a major crime defendant is an Indian who must be prosecuted by a tribe or the federal government rather than the state....