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STATE v. THIELSEN

No. 22673.

675 N.W.2d 429 (2004)

2004 SD 17

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Patrick Jon THIELSEN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided February 4, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence E. Long, Attorney General, Frank Geaghan, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for plaintiff and appellee.

Timothy D. Bormann, Faulkton, South Dakota, Attorney for defendant and appellant.

KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Defendant was charged with the rape and murder of one woman and the rape of another, as well as aggravated assault and attempted escape from custody. On the morning his jury trial for the rape charge was to begin, he pleaded guilty under a plea agreement to murder and rape. In exchange, the State dismissed the remaining charges and dropped its request for the death penalty, whereupon defendant would receive a life sentence without possibility...

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