McDOWELL v. SOLEM

No. 16612.

447 N.W.2d 646 (1989)

Edward McDOWELL, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Herman SOLEM, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary, et al., Respondents and Appellees.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided October 25, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip O. Peterson, Thomas H. Frieberg, Frieberg, Rudolph, Peterson & Travis, Beresford, for petitioner and appellant.

Jeff Masten, Canton, for respondents and appellees.


WUEST, Chief Justice.

Edward McDowell (McDowell) appeals a circuit court order which denied McDowell's petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. The proceedings arise from the trial of McDowell on the charge of first-degree murder. We affirm.

McDowell and his wife, Barbara, were married in 1972. Shortly after their marriage, McDowell and his wife moved to South Dakota and settled in the southeastern portion of the state. In early 1981, McDowell was hired as the...

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