Petition of Reutter

SABERS, Justice.

In March of 1984, Robert Reutter (Reut-ter) was convicted of two counts of aiding and abetting the distribution of cocaine and one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. As a result, the South Dakota Supreme Court disbarred Reutter from the practice of law on December 31, 1985. In re Discipline of Reutter, 379 N.W.2d 315 (S.D.1985).

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed the District Court’s dismissal of Reutter’s petition for habeas relief on November 2, 1989 and *901ordered the State of South Dakota to retry Reutter. Reutter v. Solem, 888 F.2d 578…