State v. Bowers

(on reassignment).

Appellants Kent Bowers, James Stiegel-meier, Kurt Bowers, Paul Dorr and Kathleen Ellenbecker brought appeals in circuit court challenging their magistrate court convictions and sentences which arose out of their participation in an anti-abortion protest.1 The circuit court affirmed the convictions but modified the sentences imposed. We affirm the circuit court.

FACTS

On April 12, 1990, a large group of people, which included appellants, gathered at the Women’s Medical Clinic in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to protest against abortions taking place there and to dissuade patients…