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STATE v. SPELLS

No. 11384.

218 N.W.2d 210 (1974)

The STATE of South Dakota, Appellant, v. Norman C. SPELLS, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

May 22, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kermit A. Sande, Atty. Gen., Pierre, for appellant; Gene Paul Kean, State's Atty., Sioux Falls, on brief.

Willy, Pruitt, Matthews & Jorgensen, Steven L. Jorgensen, Sioux Falls, for defendant and respondent.

WOLLMAN, Justice.

A charge of murder was filed against defendant following the death of one Ronald James Nelson on May 14, 1973 as a result of a stab wound. We allowed the state to appeal from a pretrial order of the circuit court suppressing certain evidence that had been taken from defendant after his arrest. SDCL 23-51-5.

At approximately 1:30 a. m., May 14, 1973, Ronald James Nelson, who several days earlier had agreed to furnish the Sioux Falls, South...

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