State v. Ell

338 N.W.2d 845 (1983)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee,

v.

Ronald R. ELL, Defendant and Appellant.

No. 13726.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Submitted on Briefs September 9, 1982.

Decided October 5, 1983.

Richard Dale, Asst. Atty. Gen., Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., on brief, Pierre, S.D., for plaintiff and appellee.

Ronald R. Ell, pro se.

DUNN, Justice (On Reassignment).

This is an appeal from an order denying appellant Ronald R. Ell's claim to $559.00 in small bills seized from a dresser in his apartment by Sioux Falls police in 1974 pursuant to a valid search warrant. We reverse and…