State v. Black Feather

249 N.W.2d 261 (1976)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

Roy J. BLACK FEATHER, Defendant and Appellant.

No. 11828.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Argued November 15, 1976.

Decided December 31, 1976.

William J. Janklow, Atty. Gen., Pierre, Carl F. Haberstick, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Parkston, for plaintiff and appellant.

Stanley E. Whiting, Winner, for defendant and appellant.

DUNN, Chief Justice.

Defendant appeals from a jury conviction in the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of first degree manslaughter. He was charged with and tried for murder in the shooting death of his wife Winona…