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STATE v. MEANS

No. 11826.

257 N.W.2d 595 (1977)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Applicant, v. Russell MEANS, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided September 9, 1977.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary J. Pashby, Special Deputy State's Atty., Minnehaha County, Sioux Falls, for plaintiff and applicant; William J. Janklow, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on the brief.

Kenneth E. Tilsen, St. Paul, Minn., Sidney B. Strange, Sioux Falls, for defendant and respondent; William M. Kunstler, New York City, of counsel.

Stephen L. Pevar, American Civil Liberties Union, Denver, Colo., John H. Davidson, Jr., Vermillion, amicus curiae.

DUNN, Chief Justice (on reassignment).

This is a proceeding brought by the state for the revocation of defendant's bond on appeal.

On April 30, 1974, a disturbance occurred at the Minnehaha County Courthouse in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, during the trial of Robert High Eagle, Sarah Bad Heart Bull and Kenneth Dahl on charges arising out of an alleged riot that had occurred on February 6, 1973, in Custer, South Dakota. As a result of the April 30, 1974 disturbance...

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