THUNDERSHIELD v. SOLEM

No. CIV76-4060.

429 F.Supp. 944 (1977)

Bedie THUNDERSHIELD, a/k/a Bede Thundershield, Petitioner, v. Herman SOLEM, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and the State of South Dakota and its officers and agents, Respondents.

United States District Court, D. South Dakota, S. D.

April 11, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Fuller of Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith, Sioux Falls, S. D., for petitioner.

Brent A. Wilbur, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, S. D., for respondents.


MEMORANDUM DECISION

NICHOL, Chief Judge.

Petitioner Bedie Thundershield seeks a writ of habeas corpus, based upon his allegation that his plea of guilty to a state charge of second degree manslaughter was not entered knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily. Thundershield was arrested for the killing of Paul Raymond Gilchrist, which occurred on or about the 29th day of June, 1971, at Mina Lake in South Dakota. Petitioner was arrested in Fort Yates, North...

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