Legal Opinion
State v. Bad Heart Bull
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided September 16, 1977No. 11531, 11573PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSON, Justice. *
Defendants appeal from their convictions of the crime of riot where arson was committed.
It appears the riot involved relates back to a brawl outside a bar in Buffalo Gap, South Dakota, on January 21,1973. During the brawl, Wesley Bad Heart Bull, one of defendant’s sons, was stabbed to death by Darrell Schmitz, a white man. The state’s attorney of Custer County charged Schmitz with the crime of second degree manslaughter. Several members of the Indian community, including Sarah Bad Heart Bull, thought Schmitz should have been charged with murder. This incident apparently…
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