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On June 29, 2022, the Supreme Court decided Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta. In a 5-4 decision, the Court reversed and remanded the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma. The Court held that “the federal government and the state have concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute crimes committed by non-Indians against Indians in Indian country unless state jurisdiction is preempted.” This presentation will explore the Court's decision and the implications it has for prosecutions in Arizona.
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Eric Knobloch is an assistant attorney general at the Arizona Attorney General's Office. He has spent the past seven years with the criminal appeals section. Before that, Mr. Knobloch spent two years with the juvenile appeals section of the Attorney General's Office representing the Arizona Department of Child Services.
Joshua Smith is an Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Appeals Section of the Attorney General's Office. He previously served as a Deputy La Paz County Attorney, where he was primarily responsible for prosecuting felony drug offenses.
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