STATE v. KANE

Nos. 11910, 11911.

266 N.W.2d 552 (1978)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Ken KANE and Curtis Bald Eagle, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided May 31, 1978.

Rehearing Denied July 7, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter H. Lieberman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, William J. Janklow, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief, for plaintiff and respondent.

James D. Leach, Frank D. Katz, Elisabeth L. Brodyaga, San Jose, Cal., John N. Gridley, III, Sioux Falls, for defendants and appellants.


MORGAN, Justice.

This is a consolidated appeal by Ken Kane and Curtis Bald Eagle after a jury verdict finding them guilty of riot to obstruct justice arising from an incident at the Minnehaha County Courthouse in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on April 30, 1974. We affirm.

On April 30, 1974, at the trial of State v. Bad Heart Bull, et al., a number of spectators did not stand for Judge Bottum when he entered the courtroom. This being the second time this...

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