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STATE v. DOKKEN

No. 14935.

385 N.W.2d 493 (1986)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Mark William DOKKEN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided April 2, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Jeff Larson, Minnehaha County Public Defender's Office, Sioux Falls, for defendant and appellant; Patricia C. Riepel, Minnehaha County Public Defender's Office, Sioux Falls, on brief.

HERTZ, Acting Justice.

This is a criminal appeal from a jury verdict which found the defendant guilty of first degree manslaughter and sentenced him to serve fifty years in the South Dakota Penitentiary. We reverse and remand.

The defendant/appellant Mark William Dokken, (Dokken), had experienced problems with members of the Deadmen Motorcycle Club, (Deadmen), from as far back as 1978. Their respective differences climaxed on the night of July 25, 1984, when...

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