Court weighs law aimed at domestic violence on tribal lands
26.4.16
Court weighs law aimed at domestic violence on tribal lands: [cherokeephoenix.org] The U.S. appeals court in San Francisco threw out a 46-month federal prison term for defendant Michael Bryant Jr. because his earlier domestic violence convictions were handled without a lawyer in tribal courts on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana.
Several justices seemed skeptical of the argument of Bryant's lawyer, Steven Babcock. Bryant never challenged his earlier convictions or prison sentences of up to a year. Congress has put limits on prison terms imposed by tribal courts.
"So if it's a valid conviction, why can't you use it?" Justice Stephen Breyer asked.
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