STATE v. WALKING BULL

No. 10810.

190 N.W.2d 121 (1971)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Wilford Joseph WALKING BULL, a/k/a Tino Walking Bull, a/k/a Wayne Burke, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

September 23, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon Mydland, Atty. Gen., C. J. Kelly, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and respondent.

William J. Pfeiffer, Aberdeen, for defendant and appellant.


MANSON, Circuit Judge.

Defendant was tried to a Brown County jury and found guilty of assault with intent to commit great bodily injury and of first degree robbery. He appeals his conviction. We consider his several assignments of error.

Defendant moved before trial for an order enjoining the state from cross-examining defendant concerning his five prior felony convictions, suggesting that his rights under the Fifth...

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