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STATE v. GUTHRIE

No. 21388.

627 N.W.2d 401 (2001)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. William Boyd GUTHRIE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided May 16, 2001.

Rehearing Denied June 20, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Barnett, Attorney General, Grant Gormley, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, for plaintiff and appellee.

Philip R. Parent of Arneson, Issenhuth & Gienapp, Madison, for defendant and appellant.

KONENKAMP, Justice

[¶ 1.] In this appeal, we affirm the defendant's conviction for murdering his wife.

A.

The Drowning

[¶ 2.] At 7:00 a.m. on May 14, 1999, Dr. William B. Guthrie, a Presbyterian minister, called 911 for emergency assistance. Sharon, his wife of thirty-three years, lay naked and unconscious in the bathtub. The first persons to respond found her face down in the empty tub. Guthrie was "on his hands and knees sobbing...

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