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STATE v. LUNA

No. 14621.

378 N.W.2d 229 (1985)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. George LUNA, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided November 20, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Guhin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre (Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief), for plaintiff and appellee.

Leslie J. England, Office of Public Defender, Rapid City, for defendant and appellant.

MORGAN, Justice.

This appeal is from a jury's conviction of George Luna (Luna) on two counts of first-degree murder in violation of SDCL 22-16-4. Luna was indicted by a grand jury, a felony arrest warrant was issued, he was arraigned, tried by a jury, and convicted. Luna appeals his convictions. We affirm.

A double murder occurred in the early morning hours of May 1, 1983, in Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota. The victims were Helen Thomas (Helen...

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