Oklahoma v. Castro-huerta
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 29, 2022 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- June 29, 2022
- Term
- October Term 2021
- Vote
- 5–4
- Majority author
- Justice Kavanaugh
- Issue area
- Federalism
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2021 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus OKLAHOMA v. CASTRO-HUERTA CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF OKLAHOMA No. 21–429. Argued April 27, 2022—Decided June 29, 2022 In 2015, respondent Victor Manuel Castro-Huerta was charged by the State of Oklahoma for child neglect. Castro-Huerta was convicted in state court and sentenced to 35 years of imprisonment. While Castro- Huerta’s state-court appeal was pending, this Court decided McGirt v. Oklahoma, 591 U. S. ___. There, the Court held that the Creek Na- tion’s reservation in eastern Oklahoma had never been properly dises- tablished and therefore remained “Indian country.” Id., at ___. In light of McGirt, the eastern part of Oklahoma, including Tulsa, is rec- ognized as Indian country. Following this development, Castro- Huerta argued that the Federal Government had exclusive jurisdiction to prosecute him (a non-Indian) for a crime committed against his step- daughter (a Cherokee Indian) in Tulsa (Indian…
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