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KNECHT v. WEBER

No. 21846.

640 N.W.2d 491 (2002)

2002 SD 21

Gary KNECHT, Applicant and Appellant, v. Douglas L. WEBER, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary, Respondent and Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided February 13, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Butler, Sioux Falls, SD, Attorney for applicant and appellant.

Mark Barnett, Attorney General, Gary Campbell, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, SD, Attorneys for respondent and appellee.

AMUNDSON, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Gary Knecht (Knecht) appeals an order dismissing his petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, raising three separate claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We affirm.

FACTS

[¶ 2.] Knecht was convicted of first degree manslaughter committed "without a design to effect death, and in a heat of passion, but in a cruel and unusual nature" under SDCL 22-16-15(2) as...

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