· 4/19/2024
YU YAN CHAN v. WILLIAM KEVIN ADDISON
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- recognizing that the presumption applies and holding that \person\ does not include a federal agency as a potential victim in the Major Crimes Act
- finding that the federal government is not a “person” within the meaning of the Indian Major Crimes Act
- observing 11562 UNITED STATES v. MITCHELL that the federal government could have charged Indian defen- dant who burglarized Bureau of Indian Affairs facilitates located in Indian country with 18 U.S.C. § 641, theft of gov- ernment property
- “[T]he government could have charged Errol D. under [the ICCA], which, by extending the [ACA] to Indian territory, would have rendered him criminally liable for a ‘like offense’ and a ‘like punishment’ under state law.”
- alleging victim to be the Montana Department of Family Services
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