· 5/30/1979
United States v. Walter Dale Broncheau
Citations
- 597 F.2d 1260
- 1979 U.S. App. LEXIS 14370
How courts have described this case
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- finding that federal government’s failure to demonstrate that appellant was enrolled member is not determinative regarding applicability of section 1153
- finding that federal government's failure to demonstrate that appellant was enrolled member is not determinative regarding applicability of section 1153
- observing this, and noting that the defendant admitted he was enrolled and never suggested he did not understand the term \Indian\ as it applied to him
- observing this, and noting that the defendant admitted he was enrolled and never suggested he did not understand the term “Indian” as it applied to him
- the common evidentiary standard for establishing Indian status is enrollment, “but it is not the only means nor is it necessarily determinative.”
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Judges: Sneed, Anderson, Williams
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