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CEPLECHA v. SULLIVAN

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998 N.W.2d 351 (2023)

2023 S.D. 63

Daniel CEPLECHA, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Dan SULLIVAN, Warden South Dakota State Penitentiary, Respondent and Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFS RECEIVED SEPTEMBER 26, 2023.

OPINION FILED November 29, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

RYAN KOLBECK , Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Attorney for petitioner and appellant.

MARTY J. JACKLEY , Attorney General, PAUL S. SWEDLUND , Solicitor General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for respondent and appellee.

[¶1.] Daniel Ceplecha is serving a life sentence in prison after he pled guilty to first-degree manslaughter. He filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus claiming he is actually innocent and alleging his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by not assuring Ceplecha understood his right to assert a self-defense claim...

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