IN RE HANKINS' PETITION

No. 10076.

125 N.W.2d 839 (1964)

Petition of Julia HANKINS for a writ of habeas corpus, by the habeas corpus act, Petitioner and Respondent, State of South Dakota, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

January 30, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank L. Farrar, Atty. Gen., Alan Williamson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, Allen G. Wilson, State's Atty., Hot Springs, for appellant.

Hanley, Costello & Porter, Dennis H. Hill, Rapid City, for petitioner and respondent.


RENTTO, Judge.

Julia Hankins was arrested by a South Dakota Highway patrolman and charged with having committed the crime of drunken driving on an Indian Reservation on August 4, 1962 in violation of the statutes of South Dakota. On process duly issued by a Justice of the Peace she was imprisoned. The same day she petitioned the circuit court for a writ of habeas corpus which was issued. Pending a hearing thereon she was admitted to bail and released on her own recognizance...

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