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STATE v. LOHNES

No. 15989.

432 N.W.2d 77 (1988)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Burton LOHNES, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided November 23, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Grassby of Whiting, Hagg & Hagg, Rapid City, for defendant and appellant.

Richard D. Coit, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and appellee; Roger A. Tellinghuisen, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.

SABERS, Justice.

Burton Lohnes (Lohnes) appeals his conviction and life sentence for first-degree manslaughter.

Facts

On November 13, 1980, Perry Mantzoros was shot and killed at the Ranch House Motel in Rapid City. Lohnes, a juvenile at the time, was charged with murder, burglary, and grand theft. He was tried as an adult and convicted of second-degree murder, burglary, and grand theft. This court reversed his second-degree murder conviction...

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