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Parties Involved:
James Archambault
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Charles B. Kornmann, United States District Judge for the

District of South Dakota.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 02-2411

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* District of South Dakota.

James Archambault, also known as *

James Skunk, * [UNPUBLISHED]

*

Appellant. *

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Submitted: October 21, 2003

Filed: May 12, 2004

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Before BYE, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

James Archambault appeals the district court's1

 denial of his motion to dismiss

the indictment against him, contending nonmember Indians cannot be tried in both

tribal and federal court for the same offense conduct without violating the Double

Jeopardy Clause. Archambault also appeals the district court's order quashing his

subpoena of a tribal treasurer, who Archambault posits would present evidence of the

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financial relationship between the tribe and the federal government, in support of his

claim the tribe's authority to prosecute nonmember Indians was delegated rather than

inherent. Because we conclude both of Archambault's contentions are controlled and

precluded by the Supreme Court's recent decision in United States v. Lara, 124 S. Ct.

1628, 1639 (2004) (holding tribes have inherent, rather than delegated, power to

prosecute nonmember Indians and thus prosecutions brought by a tribe and the

federal government for same offense conduct are brought by different sovereigns and

do not violate the Double Jeopardy Clause), we affirm the district court.

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