Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit December 21, 1978, 78-1172, 78-1173 (United States v. Robert Louis Hoodie, United States of America v. Aaron Daniel Kennedy)

CHOY, Circuit Judge:

Hoodie and Kennedy were convicted of burglary in federal district court and placed on probation. They appeal, claiming that the federal court lacked jurisdiction to hear their cases. We agree and thus vacate the judgments below.

Statement of the Case

On June 25, 1977, the Tribal Office Building on the Burns Paiute Reservation was burglarized.