Fort Peck Tribes v. Morales

OPINION

PROCEDURAL HISTORY AND OVERVIEW

CERAFIN JOHN MORALES, JR.

(hereafter “MORALES” or defendant) is a member of the Fort Peck Tribal Executive Council and was charged, as a result of an incident occurring during a Tribal Council meeting, with violating Title III Fort Peck CCOJ Section 407a1 in a complaint2 filed in Tribal Court on May 6, 1997. MORALES appeared pro se for arraignment and entered a plea of “Not Guilty” on May 9, 1997, at which time the Tribal Court set a pretrial conference for June 19, 1997 and a jury trial for August 12, 1997. On May 27, 1997, a NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AS…