Legal Opinion

State v. Koehn

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided December 12, 2001No. NonePublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtKonenkamp, Justice

(on reassignment).

[¶ 1.] Defendant admitted to law enforcement officers that he had recently smoked marijuana. He consented to a urinalysis, which confirmed his marijuana use. Later, as the target of a drug investigation, he admitted under immunity before a grand jury that he used marijuana for medicinal purposes. Forewarned with this information, the prosecutor obtained an order prohibiting defendant from asserting a medicinal use defense at trial. The court denied defendant’s motions to interrogate the prosecutor and to dismiss on the ground that the prosecution gained a tactical advantage…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Kastigar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Murphy v. Waterfront Commission of New York HarborSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. United States v. SerranoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
  4. United States v. Gary R. McDanielCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
  5. United States v. E.A. Gregory, Vonna Jo Gregory, G.W. Atkinson and Robert T. Spurlock, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984

18 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State v. DucheneauxSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2003
  2. State v. KoehnSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2001

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API