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OWENS v. RUSSELL

No. 24061.

726 N.W.2d 610 (2007)

2007 SD 3

Jessi OWENS, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Duane RUSSELL, Warden, Respondent and Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided January 3, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emily M. Sovell, Onida, South Dakota, Attorney for petitioner and appellant.

Lawrence E. Long, Attorney General, Katie L. Hansen, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for respondent and appellee.

SABERS, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Jessi Owens pleaded guilty to second degree murder for a beating death that occurred during a robbery. Under the sentencing scheme, she received a mandatory life sentence. On appeal, Owens raises five issues. We affirm.

FACTS

[¶ 2.] On January 28, 1998, seventeen-year-old Owens and nineteen-year-old Renee Eckes1 went to the home of David Paul Bauman to steal $9,000.2...

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