Legal Opinion
People v. Edwards
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 14, 1980PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Walter T. Gorman, J.
The defendant in this case, an American Indian, is charged under a New York State indictment with murder and is being prosecuted by its political subdivision, Onondaga County. The alleged crime took place on the Onondaga Indian Reservation, *306City of Syracuse, New York. The victim was a
sue presented is whether the State of New federal Government has jurisdiction to prosecute .*<5 for the crime of murder allegedly committed upon xiidian reservation lands in New York State. Essentially, this involves an apparent conflict between two Federal statutes;…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Williams v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Keeble v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Oneida Indian Nation v. County of OneidaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- 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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3Cited by4 opinions
- People v. EdwardsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- People v. Boots, New York County Courts1980
- People v. EdwardsNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Opn. No., New York Attorney General Reports1982