Choctaw Nation VAWA Training

VAWA Training hosted by Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

November 15-16, 2023  

A tuition free event hosted in-person at the Choctaw Casinos & Resorts, Durant, OK

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Tenth Circuit Affirms Conviction of Indian Gaming Player Who Embezzled Funds from Choctaw

Here are the available materials in United States v. Bryant:

CA10 opinion

USA Brief in Bryant

Bryant Reply

Here is a description of the crime:

On June 20, 2010, Ms. Bryant played a $1 slot machine at the Choctaw Casino and Resort, an Indian gaming establishment. She won 90 cents and took the ticket to her sister, who worked as a cashier. Her sister, and later  codefendant, paid Ms. Bryant $4,000.91. They later split the proceeds. R. 1, 26.  The casino noticed the missing $4,000 and saw the transaction as recorded by cameras. On appeal, Ms. Bryant contends that no federal law was violated. Her two-step argument is as follows: the statute upon which she was charged, 18 U.S.C. § 1168, prohibits theft by “an officer, employee, or individual licensee of a gaming establishment operated by or for or licensed by an Indian tribe.” But
she was not a casino employee, which, for purposes of this appeal, we take as true.