Legal Opinion
The Scope of State Criminal Jurisdiction over Offenses Occurring on the Yakama Indian Reservation
Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel
Decided July 27, 2018Published
1Opinion of the Court
(Slip Opinion) The Scope of State Criminal Jurisdiction over Offenses Occurring on the Yakama Indian Reservation In partially retroceding the criminal jurisdiction that it had obtained under Public Law 280, the State of Washington retained criminal jurisdiction over an offense on the Yakama Indian Reservation when the defendant or the victim is a non-Indian, as well as when both are non-Indians. July 27, 2018 MEMORANDUM OPINION FOR THE PRINCIPAL DEPUTY SOLICITOR DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR You have asked us to examine the scope of state criminal jurisdiction on the Yakama Indian Reservation in…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Santa Clara Pueblo v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Mastrobuono v. Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1995
- United States v. MenascheSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian TribeSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Washington v. Confederated Bands & Tribes of the Yakima Indian NationSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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