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STATE v. ZAMAN (TAHIRKHAILI)

No. 1 CA-CV 94-0259.

187 Ariz. 81 (1996)

927 P.2d 347

STATE of Arizona, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Akhtar ZAMAN (TAHIRKHAILI), Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

As Amended May 1, 1996.

Reconsideration Denied May 3, 1996.

Review Granted November 19, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen G. Udall, Apache County Attorney by Michael Goimarac, Assistant County Attorney, St. Johns, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

John Trebon, Flagstaff, for Defendant-Appellant.

OPINION

EHRLICH, Judge.

Akhtar Zaman challenges the subject-matter jurisdiction of the Apache County Superior Court over a paternity suit involving a non-Native-American father and a Native-American mother, both of whom resided within the Navajo Nation when all pertinent events occurred. He also argues that service of process, which was effected on him within the Nation by an Apache County deputy sheriff, acting without authority from the Nation, was invalid...

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