After he had been convicted, the Supreme Court docket determined McGirt and attorneys for Castro-Huerta challenged his conviction, arguing that solely the federal authorities had jurisdiction to prosecute his crime.
Whereas his state appeals courtroom proceedings had been pending, a federal grand jury in Oklahoma indicted him for a similar conduct. He accepted a plea settlement for a seven-year sentence.
In ruling in opposition to him on Wednesday, Kavanaugh famous that Castro-Huerta “in impact obtained a 28-year discount of his sentence on account of McGirt.”