STATE v. MATTESON

No. 11118.

205 N.W.2d 512 (1973)

The STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Scott Allen MATTESON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

March 21, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, Robert C. Heege, Sioux Falls, for defendant and appellant.

Gordon Mydland, Atty. Gen., Pierre, Charles A. Wolsky, State's Atty. Clay County, Vermillion, for plaintiff and respondent.


HANSON, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of unlawfully and feloniously distributing a controlled drug. The only issue on appeal is whether or not the title to Chapter 229 of the 1970 Session Laws, under which defendant was convicted, is constitutionally adequate.

Chapter 229 originated in the 1970 Session of the Legislature as Senate Bill 192. It contained five sections relating to the following title: "For AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act establishing the office of...

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