Court Opinion

ID: 9507676
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 21:24:37.895725+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:07:22.292811
License: Public Domain

MR. JUSTICE SHEA,
concurring:
I agree with the result. The essential question is whether the state court had authority to issue the warrant of arrest. It did. A valid complaint preceded the issuance of the arrest *11warrant. Defendant Caye was searched as a result of the issuance of this arrest warrant. The drugs were found pursuant to this search, and the State clearly had jurisdiction to prosecute him for this separate crime. This is so even if for some reason the defendant could have prevailed in a contention that the Justice Court placed him on trial for having been convicted essentially on the same facts as were presented to the Tribal Court.