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==Legal jurisdiction== {{Main|Zone of Death (Yellowstone)}} [[File:Yellowstone Zone of Death.png|thumb|upright|Idaho portion of park highlighted in southwest corner (click to enlarge)]] The entire park is within the jurisdiction of the [[United States District Court for the District of Wyoming]], making it the only federal court district that includes portions of more than one state (Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming). Law professor [[Brian C. Kalt]] has argued that it may be impossible to impanel a jury in compliance with the [[Vicinage Clause]] of the [[Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Sixth Amendment]] for a crime committed solely in the unpopulated Idaho portion of the park (and that it would be difficult to do so for a crime committed solely in the lightly populated Montana portion).<ref>Brian C. Kalt, The Perfect Crime, 93 {{smallcaps|Geo. L.J.}} 675 (2005).</ref> One defendant, who was accused of a wildlife-related crime in the Montana portion of the park, attempted to raise this argument but eventually pleaded guilty, with the plea deal including his specific agreement not to raise the issue in his appeal.<ref>{{cite web |last=Morton |first=Tom |date=August 26, 2007 |title=The perfect place for the perfect crime |url=http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article_fcc6ddc2-b5f5-541b-a65f-a8fb00317047.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217061845/http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article_fcc6ddc2-b5f5-541b-a65f-a8fb00317047.html |archive-date=February 17, 2012 |access-date=July 18, 2011 |website=Casper Star Tribune }}</ref><ref>''United States v. Belderrain'', 309 F. App'x 259 (10th Cir. 2009).</ref><ref>Brian C. Kalt, Tabloid Constitutionalism, 96 {{smallcaps|Geo. L.J.}} 1971 (2008).</ref>
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