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Eleven Defendants Charged with Murder in Indian Country Published: 15 May 2021 15 May 2021 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Oklahoma has returned separate indictments charging 11 defendants with murder and other various violent crimes arising out of Indian Country. Over the course of a three-day grand jury session in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, trial attorneys with the Justice Department’s Organized Crime and Gang Section, working with and in support of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, obtained the indictments charging the 11 defendants. These indictments followed the reversal or dismissal of state cases as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma. ....
DERRICK JAMES | Staff photo Choctaw Nationâs Division of Legal and Compliance Senior Executive Officer Brad Mallet said the tribe reserves the right to determine its membership and would not recognize any attempts to define it. DERRICK JAMES | Staff photo Choctaw Nationâs Division of Legal and Compliance Senior Executive Officer Brad Mallet said the tribe reserves the right to determine its membership and would not recognize any attempts to define it. DERRICK JAMES | Staff photo Choctaw Nation Prosecutor Kara Bacon. At least two state prosecutors argued for Oklahoma courts to set a minimum blood quantum in cases with McGirt challenges â including a case in Pittsburg County â despite established court rulings and opposition from the state s tribes. ....
KEVIN HARVISON | Staff photo Devin Sizemore, accompanied by a sheriff s deputy, is shown entering the Pittsburg County Courthouse in this file photo. Associate District Judge Tim Mills sentenced Sizemore on Wednesday, Oct. 31, to serve life in prison without parole in the 2016 death of Sizemore s 21-month-old daughter, Emily Sizemore. Federal prosecutors charged a Krebs man this week for the 2016 death of his 21-month-old daughter due to his Native American status and federal law. Devin Sizemore, 26, was charged Monday with murder in Indian country in anticipation of the Wednesday dismissal of his state first-degree murder charge. The first-degree murder charge, along with a felony assault on a police officer charge, were ordered to be dismissed following a 20-day mandate issued April 1 by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals. ....
Apr 1, 2021 Staff file photoChuck Sullivan, the District 18 District Attorney, says his office is working on the next steps after a state appeals court decision Thursday that will impact thousands of Pittsburg County cases. District 18 District Attorney Chuck Sullivan said his office is working on the next steps after a state appeals court decision Thursday that will impact thousands of Pittsburg County cases. All five Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals judges ruled Thursday that the U.S. Supreme Courtâs July 2020 decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma applies to the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma â meaning at least 6,000 Pittsburg County cases could be challenged. ....