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STATE v. KIENAST

No. 19319.

553 N.W.2d 254 (1996)

1996 SD 111

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Steven Henry KIENAST, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided September 4, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Barnett, Attorney General, John E. Haak and D. Mark Collins, Assistant Attorneys General, Sioux Falls, for plaintiff and appellee.

Hope Okerlund Matchan, Office of Public Defender for Minnehaha County, Sioux Falls, for defendant and appellant.

PER CURIAM.

[¶ 1] Steven Kienast (Kienast) appeals his drug-related convictions on the basis that his criminal convictions are barred by double jeopardy because he was previously subjected to a civil forfeiture action. We affirm.

FACTS

[¶ 2] Kienast was arrested on March 3, 1995, during an undercover drug buy conducted in Sioux Falls. When he was arrested, he was in possession of Valium, methamphetamine and $560 in cash. The drugs and money...

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