10th Circuit Court of Appeals Overturns Federal Conviction in McGirt Case
The verdict opens up the possibility of a new federal trial for McGirt, who was convicted of sexually abusing a 4-year-old girl.
An appeals court on Tuesday overturned the federal conviction in the controversial McGirt decision, a case that brought Oklahoma to national attention. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Jimsy McGirt’s conviction, arguing that jurors in Jimsy McGirt’s case were improperly instructed in how to consider testimony. The ruling opens up a new federal trial for McGirt, who was convicted of sexually abusing a four-year-old girl. In 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a landmark ruling that McGirt should never have been tried. Because he is a Native American and his crime was committed on tribal land, he was sued in state court.McGirt Currently Serving Three Life Sentences Top Headlines Woman Killed in Sparks in Southwest Oklahoma City Housing Complex Authorities Search Jim E. Hamilton Correctional Center for Fugitive Inmate in Oklahoma City Driveway 3rd death confirmed after violent storm hits Oklahoma
An appeals court on Tuesday overturned the federal conviction in the controversial McGirt decision, a case that brought Oklahoma to national attention.
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The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Jimsy McGirt’s conviction, saying the jurors in his case were improperly instructed in how to consider testimony. The ruling opens up the possibility of a new federal trial for McGirt, who was convicted of sexually abusing a four-year-old girl.
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In 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a landmark ruling that McGirt should not have been tried in state court because he was indigenous and the crime was committed on tribal land. McGirt is currently serving three life sentences.
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