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STATE v. ROY

No. A08-0116.

761 N.W.2d 883 (2009)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Joel Anthony ROY, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

March 3, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, Timothy Faver, Beltrami County Attorney, Randall Burg, Assistant County Attorney, Bemidji, MN, for respondent.

Frank Bibeau, Christopher Allery, Anishinabe Legal Services, Cass Lake, MN, for appellant.

Considered and decided by LARKIN, Presiding Judge; HUDSON, Judge; and COLLINS, Judge.

OPINION

HUDSON, Judge.

Appellant, an enrolled member of an Indian tribe and a resident of a reservation, challenges his conviction of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.165. Because we conclude that Public Law 280 grants the state subject-matter jurisdiction to enforce Minn.Stat. § 609.165 against a tribal member on a reservation, we affirm.

FACTS

Appellant Joel Anthony Roy is a member of...

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