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STATE v. BIG HEAD

No. 14376.

363 N.W.2d 556 (1985)

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

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided February 20, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Vrooman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and appellee; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on the brief.

Terry L. Pechota of Finch & Viken, Rapid City, for defendant and appellant.

MORGAN, Justice.

This appeal is from a jury trial in which George Big Head (defendant) was convicted of vehicular homicide under SDCL 22-16-41 and from the trial court's imposition of a six-year prison sentence upon him. We affirm.

The charge of vehicular homicide resulted from an automobile collision which occurred at approximately 8:00 a.m. on May 9, 1983, when defendant's motor vehicle, proceeding south on Highway 79, enroute from Rapid City to Hot Springs...

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