State v. Dugan

WEBB, Judge.

The defendant contends that the courts of this state do not have jurisdiction to try a Cherokee Indian for an alleged traffic offense which occurred on a highway within the boundaries of the Cherokee Indian Reservation. There have been many cases which have traced the history and defined the legal relationship of the Cherokee Indians to the State of North Carolina. See Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians v. United States, 117 U.S. 288, 6 S.Ct. 718, 29 L.Ed. 880 (1886); Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians v. Lynch, 632 F. 2d 373 (4th Cir. 1980); United States v. Wright, 53 F. 2d 300,…