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State v. Charger

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided May 31, 2000No. NonePublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*223GILBERTSON, Justice

[¶ 1.] Defendant Leon Charger (Charger) appeals his conviction for witness tampering. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

[¶2.] In July of 1998 Charger was charged with sexual contact with Jacqueline Swimmer’s (Swimmer) two daughters. Swimmer testified as a witness against Charger in the first criminal trial in February 1999, which resulted in a hung jury. Subsequently, Swimmer was subpoenaed as a witness to testify against Charger a second time during the May 25 and 26, 1999 retrial proceedings. Charger was acquitted by the jury in this second trial. It was during the interim…

2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. United States v. Anthony Damian AzureCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
  2. State v. CopelandSupreme Court of Missouri · 1996
  3. State v. PellegrinoSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1998
  4. United States v. RosenbergCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
  5. State v. RufenerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1986

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. State v. WhitfieldSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2015
  2. State v. CharlesSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2001
  3. State v. HarrisSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2010
  4. State v. BruderSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2004
  5. State v. AdamsonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2007

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