STATE v. SCHAEFFER

No. 89-280.

781 P.2d 264 (1989)

STATE of Montana, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Herb SCHAEFFER, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided October 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc Racicot, Atty. Gen., Helena, James C. Nelson, County Atty., Cut Bank, for plaintiff and appellant.

David F. Stufft, Frisbee, Moore, Stufft & Olson, Cut Bank, for defendant and respondent.


HARRISON, Justice.

This is an appeal from the District Court of the Ninth Judicial District, Glacier County, Montana, wherein the District Court granted the defendant's motion to dismiss based on lack of jurisdiction because the matter occurred within the exterior boundaries of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. We reverse.

Defendant/respondent Herb Schaefer, a non-Indian, was charged in the Glacier County Justice Court on March 16, 1988, with violations of...

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