STATE v. CLOTHIER

No. 14909.

381 N.W.2d 253 (1986)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Clifford Guy CLOTHIER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided January 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Timothy J. Becker of Banks & Johnson, Rapid City, for defendant and appellant.


WUEST, Acting Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction following a guilty verdict of first-degree manslaughter. We affirm.

On Friday evening, November 16, 1984, Mike Hawkins (Hawkins) and Muriel Riggins (Riggins) met with Cheryl Jackson (Jackson) at the Playgirl Retreat Club in Rapid City, South Dakota. Jackson was forced to close the club and the two were helping her dismantle its stage. Hawkins and Riggins had been drinking beer and smoking...

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