Wheeler a Navajo Tribal Member Essay Paper Write a 1 to 2 page with 1 inch margins, double spaced, and 12 font responses to the following question: Wheeler, a Navajo tribal member, was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, which is a lesser included offense to statutory rape (you will need to research statutory rape, sometimes referred to as rape of a child).
He was subsequently indicted in Federal court for statutory rape arising out of the same incident
If the above occurred in the same jurisdiction would it violate the Double Jeopardy Clause? Why or why not
Do you think the federal indictment should be dismissed? Why or why not? (See Wheeler v. the United States, 435 U.S. 313 (1978).
Hint: this question is all about understanding double jeopardy and the concept of dual sovereignty.
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