State v. Disanto

688 N.W.2d 201 (2004)

2004 SD 112

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee,

v.

Rocco William DISANTO, Defendant and Appellant.

No. 22751.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Considered on Briefs November 17, 2003.

Decided October 6, 2004.

Lawrence E. Long Attorney, General Craig M. Eichstadt, Deputy Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for plaintiff and appellee.

Joel P. Landeen, Office of Public Defender for Lawrence County Deadwood, South Dakota, Attorney for defendant and appellant.

KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Defendant told several people of his intent to murder his former girlfriend and…