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Predicate Offenses, Foreign Convictions, And Trusting Tribal Courts, Alexander S. Birkhold
Predicate Offenses, Foreign Convictions, And Trusting Tribal Courts, Alexander S. Birkhold
Michigan Law Review Online
Concerns about the reliability of criminal justice systems in foreign countries have resulted in uneven treatment of foreign convictions in U.S. courts. Federal courts, however, have historically accepted tribal court convictions as predicate offenses under recidivist statutes. But the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently rejected the uncounseled convictions obtained against Michael Bryant, Jr., a serial domestic abuser, in the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Court. The court dismissed a federal indictment that had been brought against Bryant under 18 U.S.C § 117, which makes it a felony to commit domestic violence against a spouse or partner in Indian country if the …