STATE v. SPRINGER-ERTL

No. 20723.

610 N.W.2d 768 (2000)

2000 SD 56

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Debra Kay SPRINGER-ERTL, Defendant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Reassigned January 6, 2000.

Decided April 26, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Barnett, Attorney General, Craig M. Eichstadt, Deputy Attorney General, Pierre, for plaintiff and appellant.

Pamela K. Ireland, Kadoka, for defendant and appellee.


KONENKAMP, Justice (on reassignment).

[¶ 1.] The State of South Dakota appeals the grant of a new trial to the defendant. We affirm.

A.

[¶ 2.] The defendant, Kay Springer-Ertl, is the mother of Shawn Springer. Sixteen-year-old Shawn and another juvenile were charged with the January 26, 1996, murder, kidnapping, and robbery of taxicab driver Michael Hare near Fort Pierre, Stanley County, South Dakota. Extensive publicity convinced the judge...

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