STATE v. HOFFMAN

Nos. 15358, 15393, 15417, 15420, 15423 and 15533.

409 N.W.2d 373 (1987)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Chadley R. HOFFMAN, Robert C. Itzen, Gloria Gege Den Hartog, Richard T. Breum, Michael David Otton, and Lester Estenson, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided July 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Scott D. Kading of Moore, Rasmussen, Kading & McGreevy, Sioux Falls, for defendant and appellant Chadley R. Hoffman.

Jeff Larson, Minnehaha County Public Defender, Sioux Falls, for defendants and appellants Robert C. Itzen and Lester Estenson.

Drake A. Titze, Minnehaha County Public Defender, Sioux Falls, for defendants and appellants Gloria Gege Den Hartog, Richard T. Breum, and Michael David Otton.


MORGAN, Justice.

The defendants in this consolidated action appeal denial of the motions to dismiss their respective cases due to State's failure to comply with the provisions of SDCL 23A-44-5.1, the so-called 180-day rule. We reverse and remand with instructions.

SDCL 23A-44-5.1 provides:

The prosecution shall dispose of all criminal cases by a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, trial or dismissal within one hundred eighty days from the date the...

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