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STATE v. LUFKINS

No. 13212.

309 N.W.2d 331 (1981)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Dennis LUFKINS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided August 19, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mikal Hanson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and appellee; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen. and Mark W. Barnett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.

Kay F. Nikolas of Dakota Plains Legal Services, Sisseton, for defendant and appellant.

HENDERSON, Justice.

ACTION

This is an appeal by Dennis Lufkins, appellant, from a judgment of conviction of first-degree manslaughter and a separate adjudication of habitual criminality. A Roberts County jury found appellant guilty of the manslaughter charge; appellant subsequently pled guilty to being a habitual criminal. His sentence was life imprisonment. Four separate issues, all treated below, are presented for review. We affirm.

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