5-44-3. Special Jurisdiction.
Criminal Jurisdiction Over Non-Indians in Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Criminal Protection Order Violations
- The Rosebud Sioux Tribe will exercise special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction over any non-Indian defendant who violates the Tribe’s domestic violence (5-44-4, 5-44-5) dating violence, (5-44-5, 5-44-6) and protection order violations (5-44-7) within the Tribe’s territorial jurisdiction provided that the protected person is an Indian and the non-Indian has any of the following ties to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe:
- Resides within the territorial jurisdiction of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe; or
- Is employed within the territorial jurisdiction of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe; or
- Is a spouse, intimate partner, or dating partner or:
- member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe; or
- An Indian who resides within the territorial jurisdiction of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe.
- And the following conditions must be met in order for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe to exercise special domestic and dating violence criminal jurisdiction over any non-Indian and any other person who violates a protection order:
- The violation occurred within the territorial jurisdiction of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe;
- The protection order was issued against the defendant;
- The protection order is enforceable by the Tribe;
- The protection order is consistent with 18 U.S.C. 2265(b);
- The defendant violated the portion of the protection order that prohibits or provides protection against: violent or threatening acts or harassment against, sexual violence against, contact or communication with, or physical proximity to, another person; and
- The victim must be a person specifically protected by the protection order that the defendant allegedly violated.
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