SD Supreme Court rules rejects inmate's habeas corpus appeal
The South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled an inmate challenging his murder conviction has no further right to appeal.
Source: sdpb.org
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The South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled an inmate challenging his murder conviction has no further right to appeal.
This story has been updated with reaction from the state attorney general. PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — A South Dakota prison inmate convicted of second-degree murder by a Minnehaha County jury in 1998 for strangling his cellmate to death has again challenged his lifetime sentence, and the South Dakota Supreme Court has again turned him down. […]