Jurisdiction Over "Victimless" Crimes Committed by Non-Indians on Indian Reservations

March 21, 1979 79-18 MEMORANDUM OPINION FOR THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL Jurisdiction—Federal or State—“ Victimless” Crimes Committed by Non-Indians on Indian Reservations—18 U.S.C. §§ 1152, 1153 This responds to your request for our opinion whether so-called “ vic­ timless” crimes committed by non-Indians on Indian reservations fall within the exclusive jurisdiction o f the State or Federal courts, or whether jurisdiction is concurrent. The question posed is a difficult one' whose im­ portance is far from theoretical. We understand that in the wake of Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe,

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