No. 19-6896
Jeffrey Antonio v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: congressional-action criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction jurisdictional-element jury-determination land-claims preliminary-finding pueblo-lands pueblo-lands-act statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-the-evidence
Latest Conference:
2020-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)
I. Whether, when Congress relinquished all federal claims and extinguished all interest of the Pueblo of Sandia in privately held lands within pueblo boundaries, it terminated the basis for exercise of federal criminal jurisdiction and thereby "otherwise provided" within the meaning of the 2005 Pueblo Lands Act Amendment?
II. Whether the jurisdictional element of a charged crime is adequately proved by a district court "preliminary finding" that it has jurisdiction and a jury determination that the offense happened at a particular location.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the federal criminal jurisdiction over the Pueblo of Sandia lands was terminated by the 2005 Pueblo Lands Act Amendment
Docket Entries
2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-12-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 9, 2020)
Attorneys
Jeffrey Antonio
Irma Rivas — Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent