Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2006

Abstract

In the Blackfeet Tribal Court of Appeals, the Court rejected a defendant’s appeal for violation of Due Process. The Defendant-Appellant failed to appear for oral argument after filing her own appeal, sans counsel. The Court notes that the Federal rules of Evidence require an objection, like the one appellant asserted, should have been made in the pre-trial stage or before trial, so as not to interrupt the pace and flow of the trial. Therefore, any argument regarding the relationships between witnesses, the judge, or the prosecutor should have been made before trial and cannot be used as an argument at the appellate level.

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