Legal Opinion
Moss v. State
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided January 26, 1972No. 3991PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McINTYRE, Chief Justice.
The defendant, John Pius Moss, is appealing from convictions in Fremont County of second degree murder; and assault and battery with intent to commit rape.
By way of the case’s history, we should explain that Moss was first charged with killing Mrs. Eva Clara Holmes in an attempt to perpetrate rape. The defendant moved to dismiss the information on the grounds that he was an enrolled member of the Northern Arapahoe Indian tribe; that the offense charged was first degree murder and the alleged act was committed in Indian country, thereby providing exclusive jurisdiction…
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3Cited by26 opinions
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