Legal Opinion
State v. Adkins
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided February 7, 1975No. 11380PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUNN, Chief Justice.
The defendant, Manford Gene Adkins, was convicted by a Meade County jury of two counts of kidnaping and two counts of murder on July 14, 1973. The defendant appeals contending (1) that the trial court erred in failing to suppress defendant’s statements of March 10, 1973, and (2) that the trial court erred in not allowing the statement of Richard Elam (Exhibit J) to be read into evidence when Elam was not available to testify at the trial. We affirm.
On March 4, 1973, the Pennington County Sheriff’s office determined that Billie Sue Allen and Valerie Janis were missing. On…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Haley v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Davis v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- State v. CaffreySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1983
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