Legal Opinion
Ellsworth Youngbear v. Lou v. Brewer, Warden of the Iowa State Penitentiary at Fort Madison
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 9, 1977No. 76-1746PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Per curiam
Ellsworth Youngbear, an Indian, brought this action for a writ of habeas corpus to set aside his Iowa state court conviction for second degree murder of another Indian, committed within the confines of the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation in the State of Iowa. Youngbear contends that the State of Iowa lacked jurisdiction to try him in Iowa courts for murder. The United States District Court (McManus, C. J.) agreed with that contention and granted the writ. Youngbear v. Brewer, 415 F.Supp. 807 (N.D.Iowa 1976). Respondent Brewer, warden of the Iowa State Penitentiary, brings this appeal, and we…
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