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The Scope of State Criminal Jurisdiction over Offenses Occurring on the Yakama Indian Reservation

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In partially retroceding the criminal jurisdiction that it had obtained under Public Law 280, the State of Washington retained criminal jurisdiction over an offense on the Yakama Indian Reservation when the defendant or the victim is a non-Indian, as well as when both are non-Indians.

Updated August 6, 2018