WITCHEY v. LEAPLEY

No. 17391.

483 N.W.2d 202 (1992)

Joel WITCHEY, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Walter LEAPLEY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided April 1, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas G. Fosheim of Fosheim and Haberstick, Huron, for petitioner and appellant.

Mark Barnett, Atty. Gen., Wade A. Hubbard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for appellee.


STEELE, Circuit Judge.

Joel Witchey (Witchey) appeals from an order denying habeas corpus relief. We affirm the circuit court.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Witchey was convicted in Brown County of the crime of rape and sentenced to an indeterminate term of ten to twenty years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary on January 7, 1987.

This habeas corpus petition was filed on September 20, 1990, before the Honorable David Gilbertson, Circuit Court Judge...

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