STATE v. LACHOWITZER

No. 13398.

314 N.W.2d 307 (1982)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Merton LACHOWITZER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

January 6, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joaquin K. Hanson, Minnehaha County State's Atty., Steve Miller, Minnehaha County Deputy State's Atty., Sioux Falls, for plaintiff and appellee.

John E. Burke, Sioux Falls, for defendant and appellant.


DUNN, Justice.

Defendant Merton Lachowitzer appeals from a jury verdict finding him guilty of the crime of perjury. We affirm.

This case stems from defendant's testimony during his misdemeanor trial for petty theft in the first degree in Minnehaha County Magistrate Court. Defendant was accused of committing theft by deception by representing to Midas Muffler in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, that he was an employee...

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