Oklahoma Appeals Court: State Might Maintain Criminal Jurisdiction On Reservations

Mealey's (May 22, 2023, 11:17 AM EDT) -- OKLAHOMA CITY — A majority of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals found that acts of Congress did not disestablish the reservations of the Ottawa and Peoria Indian tribes but remanded a trial court’s dismissal of three pending criminal charges against an Indian who argues that Oklahoma has no jurisdiction over him in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court case....