LOOP v. CLASS

No. 19079.

554 N.W.2d 189 (1996)

1996 SD 107

Gary Lynn LOOP, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Joe CLASS, Warden of the South Dakota State Penitentiary, Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

On Reassignment July 11, 1996.

Decided August 28, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas E. Hoffman of Gibbs, Feyder, Myers, Peters and Hoffman, Sioux Falls, for petitioner and appellant.

Mark Barnett, Attorney General and Frank Geaghan, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, for appellee.


GILBERTSON, Justice (on reassignment).

[¶ 1] Gary Lynn Loop appeals the habeas court's quashing his application for writ of habeas corpus. Loop alleges he received ineffective assistance of counsel due to the manner in which his attorney directed his examination at trial. Loop further alleges the trial court erred in instructing the jury. We affirm on the issue of ineffective assistance of counsel, and find that the...

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