Legal Opinion
State v. Esslinger
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided November 14, 1984No. 14442PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WUEST, Acting Justice.
Appellant Jon E. Esslinger (appellant) was convicted by a jury on two counts of murder in the first degree and one count of receiving stolen property. He received two life sentences and one five-year sentence, to run concurrently. We affirm.
On August 6, 1982, appellant escaped from a jail in Kearney, Nebraska. He stole some clothing and a Plymouth car and drove to South Dakota. On the evening of August 7, he was seen near Dixon, South Dakota, talking to Paul Eagle Star (Eagle Star) and Alvin Willard (Willard), two young Indian men.
On August 8, 1982, Bob Van Zee (Van Zee)…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- State v. AshkerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1987
- State v. LodermeierSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1992
- State v. PfaffSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1990
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