Arnold Francis Kills Crow v. United States

451 F.2d 323

Arnold Francis KILLS CROW, Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

No. 71-1127.

United States Court of Appeals,

Eighth Circuit.

Nov. 10, 1971.

Rehearing Denied Dec. 2, 1971.

R. Murray Ogborn, Aberdeen, S. D., for appellant.

Richard D. Hurd, Asst. U. S. Atty., William F. Clayton, U. S. Atty., Sioux Falls, S. D., for appellee.

Before MATTHES, Chief Judge, and BRIGHT and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.

MATTHES, Chief Judge.

1

The Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1153,1 creates federal jurisdiction over enumerated offenses when committed by Indians on Indian reservations. Appellant, an…