1、CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i Carpenter v. Murphy: A Death Row Inmates Appeal Depends on Whether an Oklahoma Indian Reservation Still Exists Updated July 3, 2019 UPDATE: On June 27, 2019, the Supreme Court ordered Carpenter v. Murphy
2、restored to the calendar to be re-argued in the October 2019 Term. The original post from November 16, 2018, is below. This term, the Supreme Court in Carpenter v. Murphy will review a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (Tenth Circuit) concerning whether Oklahoma had jurisdi
3、ction to charge and convict Patrick Murphy, a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation who killed a fellow tribe member. The validity of Murphys murder conviction turns on whether his crime was committed within the boundaries of the Creek Nation reservationa reservation that Oklahoma says ceased to exi
4、st in the early 1900s. Although the Oklahoma state courts rejected Murphys efforts to overturn his conviction, the Tenth Circuit concluded that the crime did occur on reservation land, so Oklahoma lacked authority to prosecute Murphy. Whether the Supreme Court will agree with the Tenth Circuits deci
升级VIP 