STATE v. MARTIN

No. 16580.

449 N.W.2d 29 (1989)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Darrell G. MARTIN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided December 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff Masten, Lincoln County State's Atty., Canton, (Roger A. Tellinghuisen, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on the brief), for plaintiff and appellee.

Paul D. Stickney, Sioux Falls, for defendant and appellant.


MILLER, Justice.

In this appeal, we affirm convictions on four counts of second-degree manslaughter arising out of a motor vehicle collision and hold that (1) there was sufficient evidence to support the convictions; (2) the trial court properly instructed the jury on the statutory rules of the road; and (3) the motion for change of venue was properly denied.

FACTS

During the late night hours of August 14, 1988, Kelly Kortan, her young daughters...

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