STATE v. MOELLER

No. 18108.

548 N.W.2d 465 (1996)

1996 SD 60

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Donald Eugene MOELLER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided May 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark W. Barnett, Atty. Gen., Craig M. Eichstadt, Sherri Sundem Wald, Gary Campbell, Asst. Attys. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and appellee.

Michael J. Butler of Butler and Nesson, Sioux Falls, and David R. Gienapp of Arneson, Issenhuth, Gienapp & Blair, Madison, for defendant and appellant.


MILLER, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] In this appeal, Donald Moeller challenges his conviction of first-degree rape and first-degree murder. He was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison on the rape charge. He received a sentence of death by lethal injection for the murder conviction.1

[¶ 2] This appeal involves, among other issues, a challenge to South Dakota's death penalty which...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases