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JONES v. CLASS

No. 20064.

578 N.W.2d 154 (1998)

1998 SD 55

Eric D. JONES, a/k/a Jerome Michael Jackson, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Joseph P. CLASS, Warden of the South Dakota Penitentiary, Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided May 27, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregg S. Greenfield of Boyce, Murphy, McDowell and Greenfield, Sioux Falls, for petitioner and appellant.

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

GILBERTSON, Justice.

[¶ 1] Petitioner Eric Jones (Jones) appeals the denial of his application for writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

[¶ 2] On March 7, 1991, Connie Strozdas (Strozdas) was walking towards an entrance to the Empire Mall in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, when a man approached her and grabbed on to her purse. Strozdas resisted, a brief struggle ensued, and the man punched Strozdas in the face breaking her nose...

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