Dismissal Denied For Post-McGirt Federal Murder Charges Against Tribal Member

Mealey's (February 19, 2021, 1:34 PM EST) -- MUSKOGEE, Okla. — A Native American whose state court murder conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent finding that the entire reservation of his tribe, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma, is still intact lost his bid to dismiss a federal indictment charging him with the same crimes when a U.S. judge in the state on Feb. 18 rejected his statute of limitations and pre-indictment delay arguments....