Charles Roland Thunder Horse v. State of South Dakota

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, Charles Roland Thunder Horse, a South Dakota state prisoner presently serving a five year sentence for first degree robbery, appeals from an order of the district court denying him habeas corpus relief from his state conviction. Petitioner raises the following contentions: 1) that the robbery victim’s wallet introduced at petitioner’s trial was the product of an unlawful search and seizure; 2) that the introduction of an out-of-court statement made by a codefendant violated the Bruton 1 rule; and 3) that the state trial court committed other errors in ad…