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LUFKINS v. SOLEM

Civ. No. 81-3060.

554 F.Supp. 988 (1983)

Dennis LUFKINS, Petitioner, v. Herman SOLEM, Warden; Mark V. Meierhenry, Attorney General, State of South Dakota, Respondents.

United States District Court, D. South Dakota, C.D.

January 10, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard P. Tieszen, Duncan, Olinger, Srstka, Lovald & Robbennolt, P.C., Pierre, S.D., for petitioner.

Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Mikal Hanson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, S.D., for respondents.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

DONALD J. PORTER, District Judge.

Petitioner Dennis Ray Lufkins was convicted of voluntary manslaughter on July 1, 1980, in the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of South Dakota. He is currently serving a term of life imprisonment in the South Dakota State Penitentiary. He has applied to this Court for a writ of habeas corpus as provided by 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and § 2241(c)(3). Petitioner contends that his Fourteenth Amendment rights...

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