STATE v. MARTIN

No. 12336.

274 N.W.2d 893 (1979)

STATE of South Dakota, Respondent, v. John Thomas MARTIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided February 1, 1979.

Rehearing Denied March 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Guhin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for respondent; William J. Janklow, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on the brief.

Ronald E. Brodowicz, Rapid City, for appellant.


MILLER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a Pennington County, South Dakota, jury for the murder of Lena Booth White Hat, an alien from England, and was sentenced to life in the state penitentiary. He had entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental illness.

Appellant has raised several issues in his assignments of error. We conclude that only two of these merit consideration, i. e. questions...

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