State v. Goodroad

521 N.W.2d 433 (1994)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

Danny D. GOODROAD, Defendant and Appellee.

No. 18467.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Argued April 26, 1994.

Decided September 7, 1994.

Mark Barnett, Atty. Gen., Sherri Sundem Wald, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and appellant.

Robert Van Norman, Rapid City, for defendant and appellee.

MILLER, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a circuit court's dismissal of a forgery charge on the grounds of insufficiency of the indictment and prosecutorial delay. We reverse.

STANDARD OF REVIEW

We apply the clearly erroneous standard of…