Legal Opinion

State v. McCahren

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided April 20, 2016No. 27325PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SEVERSON, Justice.

[¶ 1.] A jury found Braiden McCahren guilty of second-degree murder after he fatally shot Dalton Williams'. The jury also found him guilty of aggravated assault of Tyus Youngberg. On appeal, McCah-ren asserts that a jury instruction on second-degree murder violated his constitutional rights. He further asserts that the circuit court improperly limited his cross-examination of a State witness and improperly refused to suppress McCahren’s statements made to a roommate at a juvenile facility and his statements made to an officer immediately after the shooting. Finally, McCahren…

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  4. Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  5. Harmelin v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1991

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3Cited by13 opinions

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  4. State v. KihegaSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2017
  5. State v. WillinghamSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2019

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