A Seminole Nation citizen who was the plantiff behind the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark trial McGirt v. Oklahoma has been convicted in federal court.
71-year-old Jimcy McGirt was initially convicted in state court in 1997 of felony sex crimes.
On Friday, he was found guilty in a retrial after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the state lacked jurisdiction to try his case.
Only the federal government has the ability to try Native Americans when the crime occurs on Indian land.
McGirt has been in custody at Muscogee County Sheriff's Office since his release from state prison.
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