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STATE v. PATTEN

No. 23200.

694 N.W.2d 270 (2005)

2005 SD 32

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Leigh PATTEN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided March 9, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

John R. Murphy, Rapid City, for defendant and appellant.

PER CURIAM.

¶ 1. Leigh Patten appeals her misdemeanor conviction for obstructing a law enforcement officer contending she was deprived of the assistance of counsel. We reverse.

FACTS

¶ 2. On December 28, 2003, Butte County law enforcement responded to a call that Patten's sheep were on a county road. The sheep had been caught in a ground blizzard and several were trapped in a snow bank while others used the snow bank to escape the confines...

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