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013695P.pdf   03/24/2003  United States  v.  Billy Jo Lara
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  01-3695
   District of North Dakota   
   Criminal case - criminal law. In an opinion for the court 
   en banc, Judge Wollman finds federal indictment of a 
   non-tribal member for assault of a federal officer 
   following his conviction in tribal court for assaulting 
   the officer violated the Double Jeopardy Clause ; tribe's 
   authority to try a nonmember came from power delegated 
   to it by Congress, and since the source of the tribe's 
   authority and the government's criminal jurisdiction were 
   the same, a second prosecution for the same act is barred by 
   the protection against double jeopardy. Dissent by Judge 
   Morris Sheppard Arnold, joined by Judge Bowman, 
   Judge Murphy and Judge Smith.
  
013695P.pdf   06/24/2002  United States  v.  Billy Jo Lara
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  01-3695
   District of North Dakota   
   Criminal case - criminal law. Federal prosecution did not duplicate tribal 
   court conviction and was not barred by the Double Jeopardy Clause; 
   dissent by Chief Judge Hansen.