STATE v. MEANS

No. 11826.

268 N.W.2d 802 (1978)

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

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Rehearing Denied July 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter H. Lieberman and Leann Larson Finke, Asst. Attys. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and respondent; William J. Janklow, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.

Sidney B. Strange, Sioux Falls, for defendant and appellant; Kenneth E. Tilsen and Jacqueline D. Quick, St. Paul, Minn., on brief.


HERTZ, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, after a trial to the court sitting without a jury, was found guilty of the crime of Rioting to Obstruct (SDCL 22-10-4). Defendant appeals from his conviction, claiming a number of errors by the trial court.

The defendant was indicted, and subsequently arrested, as the result of a disturbance involving policemen and Indian spectators, that occurred in the south courtroom on the...

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