Legal Opinion

Evans v. Sullivan

District Court, D. South Dakota

Decided September 10, 2025No. 5:24-cv-05051Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA WESTERN DIVISION HARRY DAVID EVANS, 5:24-CV-05051-RAL Petitioner, OPINION AND ORDER ADOPTING vs. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION AND GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS MARTY JACKLEY, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, WARDEN JOSEPH ROEMMICH, Respondents. Petitioner Harry David Evans received a life sentence after a South Dakota jury found him guilty of rape, kidnapping, and several other crimes. The Supreme Court of South Dakota affirmed his conviction on direct appeal, State v. Evans (Evans I),

956 N.W.2d 68

(S.D. 2021), and rejected his…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Thomas v. ArnSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  4. Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  5. Cullen v. PinholsterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011

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