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STATE v. HICKEY

No. 12460.

287 N.W.2d 502 (1980)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Roland Joseph HICKEY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided January 16, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Charles Rick Johnson of Johnson, Johnson & Eklund, Gregory, for defendant and appellant.

HENDERSON, Justice.

ACTION

Defendant Roland J. Hickey, charged with the premeditated homicide of Roland "Dude" Lux, was convicted in a trial by jury of first-degree manslaughter and sentenced to forty years in the state penitentiary. Defendant appeals from this judgment of conviction. We affirm.

FACTS

Defendant and decedent, "Dude" Lux, had been good friends. Decedent was married to defendant's first cousin. Evidence established that trouble...

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