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SCOTT v. CLASS

No. 18852.

532 N.W.2d 399 (1995)

James L. SCOTT, a/k/a James Larry Smith, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Joseph CLASS, Warden South Dakota State Penitentiary, Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided May 24, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Langley, Sioux Falls, for petitioner and appellant.

Mark Barnett, Atty. Gen., Patricia J. Froning, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for appellee.

SABERS, Justice.

James L. Scott, a.k.a. James L. Smith, (Scott), was convicted of First Degree Robbery for stealing a woman's purse. Scott filed a writ of habeas corpus for ineffective assistance of counsel and for other errors he claimed denied him due process. The habeas court found that trial counsel was competent and that Scott failed to show any due process errors. We affirm.

FACTS

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