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HOFER v. CLASS

No. 20025.

578 N.W.2d 583 (1998)

1998 SD 58

Jennis HOFER, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Joe CLASS, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary, Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided June 3, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas R. Kettering of Hosmer and Kettering, Yankton, for petitioner and appellant.

Mark Barnett, Attorney General, Connie K. Nilles, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, for appellee.

MILLER, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1.] Jennis Hofer pled guilty to two counts of first-degree manslaughter for shooting Andrew Wipf, Sr. and Andrew Wipf, Jr. in 1984. He was sentenced to two concurrent life sentences. In July 1995 he filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus claiming ineffective assistance of counsel and an unconstitutional plea. He appeals the denial of the writ. We affirm.

FACTS

[¶ 2.] Hofer operated a farm in Hutchinson...

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