Legal Opinion
State v. Cody
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided June 11, 1980No. 12572PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Justice.
ACTION
Appellant William R. Cody, a/k/a William Weeks, was convicted in a trial by jury of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
FACTS
On February 28, 1978, Cody was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, on an unlawful flight warrant issued by a Pennington County Magistrate on a charge of embezzlement and grand larceny. On that same day, a preliminary information and arrest warrant were filed in Tripp County charging Cody with the murder of Edmund Brown, a Winner, South Dakota businessman. Cody was incarcerated in the Clark County jail in…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by46 opinions
- State v. RobtoyWashington Supreme Court · 1982
- State v. ZachodniSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1991
- State v. HollandSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1984
- William R. Cody v. Herman Solem, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary Mark Meierhenry, Attorney General, State of South DakotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- State v. AlmondSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1994
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