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STATE v. NOVAOCK

No. 15548.

414 N.W.2d 299 (1987)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Kurt A. NOVAOCK, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided October 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon R. Erickson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and appellee; Roger A. Tellinghuisen, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.

Kenneth W. Cotton of Wipf & Cotton, Wagner, for defendant and appellant.

SABERS, Justice.

Kurt Novaock (Novaock) appeals his conviction of murder in the first-degree while engaged in the felony of robbery under SDCL 22-16-4.

Facts

Jerry Plihal's body was discovered in his Delmont, South Dakota residence on the afternoon of June 16, 1985. The subsequent investigation revealed that he died as a result of multiple stab wounds inflicted sometime between the evening of June 13 and June 15, 1985. Novaock and Lewis Ashker...

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