State v. Witchey

388 N.W.2d 893 (1986)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

Joel WITCHEY, Defendant and Appellee.

No. 15071.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Considered on Briefs March 18, 1986.

Decided June 11, 1986.

Rehearing Denied July 18, 1986.

Robert Mayer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and appellant; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.

George J. Rice, Aberdeen, for defendant and appellee.

FOSHEIM, Chief Justice.

The trial court granted Defendant Joel Witchey's (Defendant) pretrial motion to suppress certain voluntary testimony by Defendant's former wife (wife). We granted an…