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UNITED STATES EX REL. FEATHER v. ERICKSON

Nos. 73-1453 to 73-1459 and 73-1541 to 73-1543.

489 F.2d 99 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. John Lee FEATHER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Don R. ERICKSON, Warden South Dakota State Penitentiary, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 7, 1973.

Rehearings and Rehearings Denied January 8, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. R. Gustafson, Britton, S. D., for petitioner-appellant.

Walter W. Andre, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, S. D., for defendant-appellee.

Before HEANEY, ROSS and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.

Rehearings and Rehearings En Banc Denied January 8, 1974.

STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

These consolidated habeas corpus appeals turn upon the issue of whether alleged criminal activity took place within "Indian Country." 18 U.S.C. § 1151. We hold that the alleged crimes were committed within the confines of the Sisseton-Wahpeton (Lake Traverse) Indian reservation and therefore the State of South Dakota was without...

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