United States v. L.Z.

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

L.Z., a sixteen-year-old member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe, was convicted in the district court 1 of two counts of third degree burglary on an Indian reservation, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1153 (1994). On appeal, L.Z. contends that his conviction violates the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment. We affirm.

I

In April and May of 1995, L.Z. committed a series of burglaries in and around Wagner, South Dakota. L.Z. pled guilty in South Dakota State Court to state criminal charges arising from the burglaries. On October 4, 1995, L.Z. was adjudged a delinquent child…