STATE v. GRIMES

No. 11547.

237 N.W.2d 900 (1976)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Roxanna K. GRIMES, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

January 15, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. O'Connor, Sioux Falls, Harry H. Smith, Sioux City, Iowa, for defendant and appellant.

William Janklow, Atty. Gen., Pierre, Earl R. Mettler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Fort Pierre, Gene Paul Kean, State's Atty., Sioux Falls, for plaintiff and respondent.


WINANS, Justice.

In connection with the arrest of her husband a wife, following a very convivial pre-Christmas party at a Sioux Falls hotel, shot and wounded one of the arresting officers. She herself was arrested, tried and found guilty of shooting with intent to kill. On appeal she questions the instruction to the jury with regard to the law on defending the person of another against attack, she objects to refusal of an instruction on simple assault and she alleges...

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