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7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 21 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from United States v. Ricco Devon Prentiss.

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1 United States v. Ricco Devon Prentiss Anchor
ca10 · 2001
green “i write separately only to urge this court to reconsider its view, stated in the en banc decision in united states v. prentiss, 256 f.3d 971 (10th cir. 2001), that the non-indian status of the defendant is an element of the offense charged under 18 u.s.c. 1152 .” 3
2 United States v. Diaz
ca10 · 2012
green “our cases applying this test have approved a totality-of-the-evidence approach to determining indian status, although certain types of evidence, by themselves, may not be sufficient.” 3
3 United States v. Diaz
ca10 · 2012
green “to bring forth tribal officials to disprove an individual was a member of their tribes,” 3
4 United States v. Haggerty
ca5 · 2021
green “if . . . the exceptions are essential elements, then the government must also allege and affirmatively prove-every time it prosecutes a crime under 1152-that the defendant has not already been punished by the local law of the tribe and that there is no treaty stipulation that g…” 3
5 United States v. Simpkins
ca10 · 2024
green “when faced with a sufficiency challenge, a court asks only whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.” 3
6 United States v. Hebert
ca10 · 2025
green “although defendant identified as part-mexican, white, and latino/hispanic, that also does not show he has no indian ancestors.” 3
7 United States v. Hebert
ca10 · 2025
green “and even if relevant, the race evidence tells little because . . . someone can be both hispanic and native american.” 3

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