United States Eighth Circuit

Government lacked authority to prosecute defendant for attempted burglary where the offense was committed on land that was originally allotted to a member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe but has since passed out of Indian hands.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/12/2001
• Published 01/12/2001

Judges

• McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge., Before McMILLIAN, JOHN R. GIBSON and BEAM, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steven K. Raybuck, argued, Sioux Falls, SD, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michelle G. Tapken, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued, Sioux Falls, SD (Ted L. McBride, on the brief), for appellee.