STATE v. WEBSTER

No. 21775.

637 N.W.2d 392 (2001)

2001 SD 141

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Adam WEBSTER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided December 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Barnett, Attorney General, Frank Geaghan, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for plaintiff and appellee.

Terry J. Sutton, Tracy J. Niemann of Sutton & Bauer, Watertown, South Dakota, Attorneys for defendant and appellant.


GORS, Acting Justice.

¶ 1 Adam Webster (Webster) appeals his conviction for grand theft by deception. Webster argues that the trial court improperly instructed the jury on direct and circumstantial evidence and that the State practiced unconstitutional gender discrimination when it used seven of its ten peremptory challenges to strike potential female jurors. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

¶ 2 On May 18, 1999, Webster went to the Community...

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