Legal Opinion
Fort Peck Tribes v. Morales
Fort Peck Appellate Court
Decided March 17, 2000No. 307PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CARROLL J. DECOTEAU, Associate Justice.
Procedural History
Cerafin John Morales (Morales) was charged with a violation of Title III CCOJ § 215 (simple assault) on January 29, 1998. A jury trial was held on September 2, 1998, the Honorable Georgia Dupuis, presiding. The jury returned a verdict which was announced by Judge Dupuis as “not guilty”. Later that same day Tribal Prosecutor Chris Manydeeds filed three separate motions: one for mistrial (based upon the mistaken announcement of the judge that the verdict (4 to 2 for “not guilty”} resulted in “not guilty”), one for retrial assuming…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Twining v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- George Groundhog v. W. W. KeelerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
- David Joseph Red Fox v. Marcia Annett Red Fox, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, and Irene B. WellsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Berry v. Arapahoe and Shoshone TribesDistrict Court, D. Wyoming · 1976
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3Cited by4 opinions
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