STATE v. BLACKBURN

No. 24897.

766 N.W.2d 177 (2009)

2009 SD 37

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Tad Aaron BLACKBURN, Defendant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided May 13, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence E. Long, Attorney General, Andrew Knecht, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for plaintiff and appellant.

Paul R. Winter, Rapid City, South Dakota, Attorney for defendant and appellee.


MEIERHENRY, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Tad Blackburn is charged and awaiting trial for First Degree Murder, or in the alternative, Second Degree Murder in the death of his girlfriend, Tamara Magic. Prior to trial, Blackburn moved to suppress statements that he made to police during a police interrogation. The trial court granted his motion and suppressed portions of the interrogation. The trial court determined that Blackburn's statements to police were inadmissible because...

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