Legal Opinion
Nevayaktewa v. Hopi Tribe
Hopi Appellate Court
Decided March 20, 1998No. Nos. 97CR000931, 97CR000932, 97AC000004PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
In this appeal, the defendants challenge their arrests and convictions for the possession of marijuana pursuant to Hopi Ordinance 21 § 3.3.55. They raise a number of issues on appeal, including that: (1) there was insufficient evidence to support their convictions because of certain inconsistencies in the incident report; (2) the judge was partial to the prosecution because the same judge that issued the search warrant conducted the trial; (3) their right to equal protection of the laws was violated; (4) the evidence was obtained in violation of their rights to be free of…
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