Christopher Cruz

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Charge:	Assault (Including Battery)
Sentence:	3 years and 9 months
Years Imprisoned:	2
Year Crime:	2006
Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2009
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Montana - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	Glacier
City of Crime:	Browning
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Christopher Cruz was acquitted by the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on February 10, 2009, because he does not meet the definition of being an Indian, which is a predicate for the the federal statute governing the behavior of Indians on a reservation."
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Innocence Proved By:	"The federal 9th Circuit Ct of Appeals acquitted Christopher Cruz on February 10, 2009, because he does not meet the definition of being an Indian, which is a predicate for the the federal statute governing the behavior of Indians on a reservation."
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Age When Imprisoned:	20
Age When Released:	22
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"U.S. v Christopher Cruz, No 07-30384 (9th Cir, 02-10-2009)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2009/02/10/0730384.pdf
Information Source 2:	"Court says Browning man not an Indian, acquits him, By Len Iwanski (AP writer) and Zachary Franz (staff writer), Great Falls Tribune, February 11, 2009"
Information Location 2:	http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090211/NEWS01/902110302/1002/news01
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Information Location 3:	"http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-indians-appellate-court11-2009feb11,0,3726333.story"
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Christopher Cruz

Charge:

Assault (Including Battery)

Sentence:

3 years and 9 months

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

2006

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Montana - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Glacier

City of Crime:

Browning

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Christopher Cruz was acquitted by the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on February 10, 2009, because he does not meet the definition of being an Indian, which is a predicate for the the federal statute governing the behavior of Indians on a reservation."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"The federal 9th Circuit Ct of Appeals acquitted Christopher Cruz on February 10, 2009, because he does not meet the definition of being an Indian, which is a predicate for the the federal statute governing the behavior of Indians on a reservation."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

20

Age When Released:

22

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"U.S. v Christopher Cruz, No 07-30384 (9th Cir, 02-10-2009)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2009/02/10/0730384.pdf

Information Source 2:

"Court says Browning man not an Indian, acquits him, By Len Iwanski (AP writer) and Zachary Franz (staff writer), Great Falls Tribune, February 11, 2009"

Information Location 2:

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090211/NEWS01/902110302/1002/news01

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"http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-indians-appellate-court11-2009feb11,0,3726333.story"

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