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STATE v. THIN ELK

No. 23513.

705 N.W.2d 613 (2005)

2005 SD 106

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Joseph Wayne THIN ELK, aka Joseph Wayne Ross, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided October 19, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence E. Long, Attorney General, Grant Gormley, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, SD, for plaintiff and appellee.

Gary W. Conklin, Sioux Falls, SD, for defendant and appellant.

ZINTER, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Joseph Wayne Thin Elk, also known as Joseph Wayne Ross, was charged with first-degree murder. Thin Elk entered a guilty plea and received a sentence of life imprisonment. Thin Elk appeals, asserting that (1) his guilty plea was not intelligent and voluntary; and (2) there was an insufficient factual basis for the trial court to accept his guilty plea. We disagree and affirm.

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