Legal Opinion
State v. Dennis
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided December 7, 1992No. 29131-9-IPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtScholfield, J.
William Dennis appeals the Superior Court's reinstatement of assault charges after charges were dismissed 4 months earlier by the same court for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We reverse.
On December 18, 1990, Dennis, a member of the Nootka Tribe of British Columbia, was charged in Whatcom County Superior Court with stabbing his wife, Janice Dennis, on December 14,1990. Janice Dennis is a member of the Lummi Indian Tribe, and resides within the Lunraii Indian Reservation.
Dennis moved to dismiss the state court action, arguing that his status as an Indian under the major crimes act, 18…
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