STATE v. BEST

No. 11353.

232 N.W.2d 447 (1975)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Barbara A. BEST, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

August 22, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Schaunaman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and respondent; Kermit A. Sande, Atty. Gen., on the brief.

Laurence J. Zastrow, Rapid City, for defendant and appellant.


DUNN, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Barbara Best, was convicted by a Pennington County Circuit Court jury of second degree manslaughter on May 31, 1973, in the death of her child, Steven Best. She appeals claiming the trial court committed error (1) in admitting the transcript of a statement given by the defendant, and in allowing the transcript and the testimony of Deputy Sheriff Holloway concerning the statement to be introduced without prior evidence to establish...

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