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STATE v. CATCH THE BEAR

No. 14122.

352 N.W.2d 640 (1984)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Collins CATCH THE BEAR, Defendant, In the Matter of Civil Contempt Proceedings Against Witness Bruce ELLISON, Attorney At Law, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided June 13, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Norton Tooby, Oakland, Cal., and Nancy Manning, Rapid City, Attorneys for appellant Bruce Ellison.

FOSHEIM, Chief Justice.

Attorney Bruce Ellison appeals a civil contempt order entered against him for refusing to submit to a court-ordered pretrial deposition. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand.

Clarence Tollefson was shot and killed on July 21, 1982, on a ridge near the Yellow Thunder Camp, an American Indian encampment on Victoria Lake in the Black Hills National Forest (camp). Several hours later Bruce Ellison visited the camp.

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