STATE v. BEST

No. 9503.

75 N.W.2d 913 (1956)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Lloyd E. BEST, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

April 11, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phil Saunders, Atty. Gen., Walter Mueller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, Robert W. Gunderson, State's Atty., Rapid City, for plaintiff-respondent.

Parker & Parker, Deadwood, for defendant-appellant.


ROBERTS, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Lloyd E. Best and two others, Fred Eagle Tail and Nathan O. Swan, were charged in separate informations with the crime of rape. Neither information refers to the others, but the allegations in each name the same person upon whom the offense was committed and specify the same day as the time of its commission. The record shows the convening of the court, the appearances of the state's attorney and counsel for the defendants, waiver...

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