STATE v. ADKINS

No. 11380.

225 N.W.2d 598 (1975)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Manford Gene ADKINS, also known as Tim Adkins, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

February 7, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Morrill and Dale R. Hansen, Morrill & Hansen, Sturgis, for defendant and appellant.

Kermit Sande, Atty. Gen., and David O. Carter, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and respondent.


DUNN, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Manford Gene Adkins, was convicted by a Meade County jury of two counts of kidnaping and two counts of murder on July 14, 1973. The defendant appeals contending (1) that the trial court erred in failing to suppress defendant's statements of March 10, 1973, and (2) that the trial court erred in not allowing the statement of Richard Elam (Exhibit J) to be read into evidence when Elam was not available to testify at the trial. We affirm...

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