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STATE v. DISANTO

No. 22751.

688 N.W.2d 201 (2004)

2004 SD 112

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Rocco William DISANTO, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided October 6, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence E. Long Attorney, General Craig M. Eichstadt, Deputy Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for plaintiff and appellee.

Joel P. Landeen, Office of Public Defender for Lawrence County Deadwood, South Dakota, Attorney for defendant and appellant.

KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Defendant told several people of his intent to murder his former girlfriend and her new boyfriend. Unknown to defendant, his design was revealed to the authorities and they had a police officer pose as a contract killer to interject himself in the plan. Defendant and the "hit man" discussed the murders, wherein defendant wanted each victim shot twice in the head. He directed the feigned killer to the former girlfriend's address, gave...

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