Supreme Court asked to declare that McGirt was retroactive

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling last year that Oklahoma had no criminal jurisdiction over a Native American on the Muscogee Creek reservation should apply to all prior criminal cases in Oklahoma involving Indians on reservations, lawyers for a Native American inmate told the court this week. A petition filed on Wednesday for Clifton Merrill Parish says…Read More

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Supreme Court asked to declare that McGirt was retroactive

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling last year that Oklahoma had no criminal jurisdiction over a Native American on the Muscogee Creek reservation should apply to all prior criminal cases in Oklahoma involving Indians on reservations, lawyers for a Native American inmate told the court this week. A petition filed on Wednesday for Clifton Merrill Parish says…Read More

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