Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-29-2000

Abstract

In the Blackfeet Tribal Court of Appeals, the Court held that the Defendant shall be allowed to withdraw her guilty plea and the trial court shall continue proceedings upon the entering of a new plea. The Defendant in this case because a participant in the Blackfeet Alternative Court after pleading guilty to five criminal charges of child endangerment. Further, the Defendant was expelled from the alternative court without reason or order to incarcerate her. The Court of Appeals ruled in Tribe v. Sharp, that “the policy and procedure manual for the Blackfeet Alternative Court which allows fines and incarceration of defendants was not duly approved by the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council and is not a valid document.” The defendant in this case was subject to the guidelines, sanctions and penalties of the Alternative Court policy and procedure manual as a participant of the Blackfeet Alternative Court.

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