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053194P.pdf 04/28/2006 United States v. Leonard Peltier
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 05-3194
District of North Dakota
[PUBLISHED] [Arnold, Author, with Wollman and Fagg, Circuit Judges]
Criminal Case - Rule 35(a). District court's denial of former Rule 35(a)
motion on claim court lacked jurisdiction to convict was not an abuse of
discretion, as challenges to subject matter jurisdiction over underlying
conviction is not proper under Rule 35(a). In any event, the claim fails,
as section 1114 applies to crimes committed in Indian Country and is a
constitutional exercise of Congress's power.