State Ex Rel. Commissioner of Transportation v. Medicine Bird Black Bear White Eagle

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• concluding that courts do not have the power to appoint lawyers to represent officers and agencies of the state government \[i]n light of the constitutional stature and statutory duties of the Attorney General\
• observing that the Ruggles Report “has become a cornerstone of the development of the common law of burial in the United States”
• “noting that ‘the courts must always presume that public officials, including the Attorney General, will discharge their duties in good faith and in accordance with the law’”
• \A defense strategy that avoids the introduction of extraneous offenses under Rule 404(b) is not constitutionally ineffective.\
• Koch, J., reviewing burial and reinterment customs and laws dating back to prehistoric times
• “Even though the colonists did not have the same right to be buried in a churchyard ..., interment in churchyards was the most common mode of burial, followed by family burial grounds and, later, public cemeteries.”

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