STATE v. THUNDERSHIELD

No. 11479.

242 N.W.2d 159 (1976)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Bedie THUNDERSHIELD a/k/a "Bede" Thundershield, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

May 6, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith, and William P. Fuller, Sioux Falls, for defendant and appellant; Kermit Sande, Atty. Gen., on the brief.

R. Van Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and respondent.


COLER, Justice.

Petitioner, in this proceeding under SDCL 23-52, cited as the Uniform Post-Conviction Procedure Act, was originally charged with murder in the death of one Paul Raymond Gilchrist. Following negotiations between counsel for petitioner and the state's attorney the charge was reduced to manslaughter in the second degree to which charge petitioner entered a guilty plea. The post-conviction hearing was held by the trial court at which was received depositions...

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