Everitt v. Solem

BRADSHAW, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the order denying habeas corpus relief. The circuit court issued a certificate of probable cause pursuant to SDCL 21-27. Appellant Ron Ever-itt, (Everitt), contends that the plea-taking judge had an insufficient basis to accept a plea of guilty but mentally ill. We disagree and affirm the order.

On September 30, 1985, Everitt entered the Commercial State Bank in Wagner, South Dakota. He lit a package of firecrackers and threw them on the floor of the bank lobby. A shotgun, which was the object of a raffle, was on display in the lobby. Everitt…