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State v. Lyerla

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided June 8, 1988No. 15446PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KONENKAMP, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Gerald K. Lyerla (Lyer-la) of second degree murder and two counts of attempted second degree murder. We affirm the second degree murder conviction, but reverse the convictions for attempted second degree murder.

On the night of January 18, 1986, while driving east on Interstate 90 in Haakon County, Lyerla fired three shots with his .357 magnum pistol at a pickup truck carrying three teenage girls. One was *909killed, the other two were injured. Only one bullet entered the pickup cab, the one that killed seventeen-year-old Tammy Jensen. Another bullet was…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. California v. TrombettaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Merritt v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1935

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. State v. EarpCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1990
  2. State v. TapioSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1990
  3. State v. MoranSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2003
  4. Dominguez v. StateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2013
  5. State v. ArguelloSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1993

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