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STATE v. CURTIS

No. 13038.

298 N.W.2d 807 (1980)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. John Thomas CURTIS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided November 26, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon R. Erickson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and appellee; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.

John T. Elston, Public Defender for Pennington County, Rapid City, for defendant and appellant.

HENDERSON, Justice.

ACTION

On January 22, 1980, a Pennington County jury found John Thomas Curtis (appellant) guilty of kidnapping (in violation of SDCL 22-19-1) and of attempted murder (in violation of SDCL 22-16-4 and 22-4-1). Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment on the kidnapping conviction and to 25 years imprisonment on the attempted murder conviction, the sentences to run concurrently. On appeal, appellant argues that the trial court erred...

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