State v. Rome

452 N.W.2d 790 (1990)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee,

v.

Anthony ROME, Sr., Defendant and Appellant.

No. 16668.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Considered on Briefs January 11, 1990.

Decided March 14, 1990.

Frank E. Geaghan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre (Roger A. Tellinghuisen, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief), for plaintiff and appellee.

Steve Miller, Sioux Falls, for defendant and appellant.

MILLER, Justice.

In this appeal, we reverse the holding of the trial court which prevented the defendant from presenting evidence in support of a justification/necessity defense in a parental childnapping…