STATE v. VASSAR

No. 12455.

279 N.W.2d 678 (1979)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Jerry VASSAR, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided May 31, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Janklow, Atty. Gen., Judith A. Atkinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, B. Elizabeth Godtland Ganje, Asst. Atty. Gen., Aberdeen, on brief for plaintiff and respondent.

Richard D. Hurd, Sioux Falls, on brief, for defendant and appellant.


FOSHEIM, Justice.

Defendant was indicted by a grand jury on four felony counts. Count I charged him with murder, Count II attempted murder, Count III arson in the first degree and Count IV with murder while engaged in the commission of a felony. The court dismissed Count II. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty as to Count I and guilty as to Counts III and IV. Defendant appeals from his convictions based on these verdicts. We affirm.

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