STATE v. HAMMOND

No. 14420.

357 N.W.2d 278 (1984)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Douglas Ernest HAMMOND, also known and prosecuted as Robert Williams, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided November 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Jeffrey D. Larson of Bleeker, Boldt & Koch, Woonsocket, for defendant and appellant.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted of grand theft (SDCL 22-30A-1 and SDCL 22-30A-17) by a Beadle County jury on October 5, 1983. On October 27, 1983, he was sentenced to a term in the South Dakota State Penitentiary. On appeal from the judgment of conviction, appellant alleges two errors by the trial judge and further contends that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel.

The two allegations of trial court error involve the trial judge...

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