LEE v. SOLEM

No. 15324.

405 N.W.2d 56 (1987)

Christopher Charles LEE, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Herman SOLEM, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary, Respondent and Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided April 22, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Braithwaite, of Braithwaite Law Offices, Sioux Falls, for petitioner and appellant.

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


MOSES, Circuit Judge.

Christopher Lee (petitioner) petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. The circuit court quashed the writ. We affirm.

A jury convicted petitioner of grand theft by threat, pursuant to SDCL 22-30A-4. This court affirmed the conviction. State v. Lee, 364 N.W.2d 544 (S.D.1985).

During the trial Doug Lund, the complaining witness, was unable to remember...

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