Legal Opinion
State v. Best
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided August 22, 1975No. File 11353PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUNN, Chief Justice.
The defendant, Barbara Best, was convicted by a Pennington County Circuit Court jury of second degree manslaughter on May 31, 1973, in the death of her child, Steven Best. She appeals claiming the trial court committed error (1) in admitting the transcript of a statement given by the defendant, and in allowing the transcript and the testimony of Deputy Sheriff Holloway concerning the statement to be introduced without prior evidence to establish the corpus delicti; (2) in allowing certain expert witnesses to testify as to their opinions concerning medical matters in which…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- People v. JacksonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1971
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3Cited by71 opinions
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