State v. Paul

Janice Paul, an Indian, is a member of the Skagit tribe and resides on the Tulalip Indian reservation in Snohomish county. She is subject by treaty to the jurisdiction of the Tulalip Indian Corporation.

By information, Janice Paul was charged with the crime of second degree assault. The acts which are alleged to have constituted the assault occurred on the Tulalip reservation, and the person alleged to have been assaulted is an Indian.

A motion for dismissal of the action was filed after the arraignment of Janice Paul. It urged that the superior court for Snohomish county had no jurisdiction of…