Tribal Law - Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; National Indian Law Library, Native American Rights Fund

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota - Tribal Law

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Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Tribal Code.

35.06.070 Criminal Attempt

(a) Any person over whom the Tribe may assert criminal jurisdiction who attempts to commit any offense prohibited in Section 35.06.060 shall be guilty of a criminal offense.

(b) For the purpose of this section, "attempt" means to:

(1) Intentionally engage in conduct which would constitute the offense if the attendant circumstances were as the person believes them to be; or

(2) Intentionally do or omit to do anything which, under the circumstances as such person believes them to be, is any step in a course of conduct planned to culminate in commission of the offense.

(c) Violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $1,000.00, or by imprisonment in the Tribal jail for not less than one (1) day nor more than sixty (60) days, or performance of up to 80 hours of community service, or by any combination of such fine, imprisonment and community service.