SCLC/Rosa #683 — 1961 attorney-ban repeal ≠ appointed counsel guarantee

GPT-6 Sol archive · 25 C.F.R. §11.9 revoked May 1961 · ICRA §202(6) · finding 683

May 1961 revocation of the professional-attorney prohibition in federally regulated Courts of Indian Offenses lifted an exclusion — it did not appoint or pay counsel. The original 1968 ICRA §202(6) protects criminal defense counsel “at his own expense.” Title III’s model-code path is a recommendation, not automatic implementation. Tribal courts remain distinct from Courts of Indian Offenses.

Archive: GitLab 9904939f.