Billy Wolfe v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction
1) Whether the provisions of treaties between the Cherokee Nation and the
United States reserve jurisdiction for crimes committed by a Cherokee Nation
citizen to tribe or federal government, excluding State criminal jurisdiction?
2) Whether a violation of treaty stipulations with respect to extradition deprives
a State Court of jurisdiction?
3) Whether a State Court's failure to adhere to its plea agreement promises
renders the plea involuntary?
4) Whether ineffectiveness of counsel render a plea of guilty involuntary?
Whether the provisions of treaties between the Cherokee Nation and the United States reserve jurisdiction for crimes committed by a Cherokee Nation citizen to tribe or federal government, excluding State criminal jurisdiction?