State v. Walton

600 N.W.2d 524 (1999)

1999 SD 80

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee,

v.

Benjamin WALTON, Defendant and Appellant.

No. 20403.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Argued March 23, 1999.

Decided June 30, 1999.

Mark Barnett, Atty. Gen., Craig M. Eichstadt, Deputy Atty. Gen. and Paul Cremer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and appellee.

Edward G. Albright, Pennington County Public Defender's Office, Rapid City, for defendant and appellant.

MILLER, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1.] Walton appeals his conviction of the first-degree manslaughter of Daniel Lehmkuhl. We affirm.

FACTS

[¶ 2.] On November 8, 1996,…