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State v. Warner

Citations

  • 379 P.2d 66
  • 71 N.M. 418

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  • holding that DWI is a victimless crime and, therefore, the state had jurisdiction to arrest and prosecute a non-Indian defendant who committed the offense of DWI in Indian country
  • concluding that “New Mexico [sjtate [c]ourts have jurisdiction over criminal offenses committed on an Indian reservation within this state, by non-Indians, which are not against an Indian nor involving Indian property”
  • holding that DWI is a victimless crime, and 11 therefore, the district court had jurisdiction to hear a case against a non-Indian 12 defendant for the offense of DWI in Indian country

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Judges: Noble, Compton, Carmody, Chavez, Moise

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