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STATE v. PETERSON

Nos. 12119, 12153.

266 N.W.2d 103 (1978)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Richard PETERSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided May 18, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip N. Hogen, Jackson County State's Atty., Kadoka, Donald D. Foreman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and respondent; William J. Janklow, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.

Richard Peterson, pro se.

Wayne F. Gilbert and Michael B. Demersseman of Gunderson, Farrar, Aldrich, Warder & Demersseman, Rapid City, for amicus curiae the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee for the State Bar of South Dakota.

PORTER, Justice.

CASE SUMMARY

This is an appeal from two convictions of operating a motor vehicle without a valid official certificate of inspection, as required by SDCL 32-21-2. Defendant Peterson alleges various errors by the trial court, including denial of his request for lay counsel of his choice. We conclude that criminal defendants have no right to lay counsel of their choice, and affirm the judgments of the trial courts.

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