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STATE v. KNECHT

No. 19685.

563 N.W.2d 413 (1997)

1997 SD 53

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Gary KNECHT, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided May 14, 1997.

Rehearing Denied June 27, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Barnett, Attorney General, Gary Campbell, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, for Plaintiff and Appellee.

Gary G. Colbath, Jr., of Banks, Johnson, Colbath & Kerr, Rapid City, for Defendant and Appellant.

SABERS, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Gary Knecht appeals his conviction and 75-year sentence for first degree manslaughter in the shooting death of Jerry Marshall. He claims the trial court deprived him of a fair trial by 1) allowing the State to present irrelevant, cumulative, and prejudicial evidence, and 2) suppressing evidence relating to Marshall's arrest record and specific incidents which indicated Marshall's alleged propensity for violence. He also claims 3) the prosecution...

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