Legal Opinion
State v. Catch the Bear
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided June 6, 1984No. 14349PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUNN, Justice.
This is an appeal by the State of South Dakota from an order of the trial court granting a mistrial with prejudice in a first-degree murder case. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
On July 21, 1982, Clarence Tollefson was shot to death on a ridge overlooking the “Yellow Thunder Camp” in Pennington County, South Dakota. Collins Catch The Bear was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. An eyewitness to the shooting, James Lee Jones, who was granted immunity in exchange for his testimony, testified at the preliminary hearing that Catch The Bear fired the shot which…
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