Legal Opinion
Davi v. Class
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided March 1, 2000No. NonePublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GORS, Circuit Judge.
[¶ 1.] Scott Davi is serving a life term for murder. He applied for a writ of habeas corpus alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. The habeas corpus court denied relief and Davi appealed. During the pen-dency of this appeal Davi requested additional DNA testing. We remanded to the habeas corpus court for further proceedings which are now complete. We affirm.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
[¶ 2.] On November 2, 1990, Davi’s ex-wife Diane Davi was brutally beaten, raped and murdered in her home in Sioux Falls. Davi was convicted by a Minnehaha County jury of two counts of first…
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- State v. DaviSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1993
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