United States v. Wheeler
law case
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American Indian tribal jurisdiction
- In Native American: Developments in the late 20th and early 21st centuries
…decided to the contrary in United States v. Wheeler (1978). Wheeler, a member of the Navajo nation who had been convicted in a tribal court, maintained that the prosecution of the same crime in another (federal or state) court amounted to double jeopardy. In this case the Supreme Court favored…
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