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24 lip 2020 · On July 9, 2020, the Supreme Court announced its decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma—hailed by some as the “most significant Indian Law case of the century.”. In a 5-4 ruling, the Court held that land reserved for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in the 19th century remained “Indian country” for criminal jurisdiction purposes.
30 lip 2020 · On July 9, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in the case McGirt v. Oklahoma that much of the state of Oklahoma falls within an Indian reservation, potentially one of the most consequential legal decisions for Native Americans in decades that could have far-reaching implications.
equity; except that the Court of Criminal Appeals shall have exclusive appellate jurisdiction in criminal cases until otherwise provided by statute and in the event there is any conflict as to
10 lis 2020 · In 1996, Jimcy McGirt, a citizen of the Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma, raped, molested, and sodomized his wife’s four-year-old granddaughter. 9 He was found guilty and convicted on all counts, for which he received 1,000 years plus life in prison without the possibility of parole. 10 The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals (OCCA) affirmed, noting ...
COOPER v. OKLAHOMA. CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF OKLAHOMA. No. 95-5207. Argued January 17, 1996-Decided April 16, 1996. Oklahoma law presumes that a criminal defendant is competent to stand trial unless he proves his incompetence by clear and convincing evidence.
In 1987, in Fair School Finance Council of Oklahoma v. State, 746 P.2d 1135 (1987), the Supreme Court of Oklahoma rejected an equal protection challenge to the state education finance system. The Court ruled that equal expenditures per child are not necessary to meet equal protection requirements.
“The Oklahoma Pleading Code governs the procedure in the district courts of Oklahoma in all suits of a civil nature whether cognizable as cases at law or in equity except where a statute specifies a different procedure.”
