Legal Opinion
State v. Watts
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided August 13, 1971No. File 10804PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RENTTO, Presiding Judge.
The defendant, Christie M. Watts, shot and killed his stepson, Ira Edlin, on September 29, 1968. The decedent was then about 39 years of age and the defendant 64. He admits firing the fatal shot, but claims that he did so in self-defense.
The information on which he was prosecuted charged him with having committed the crime of murder, but the jury found him guilty of the included offense of manslaughter in the first degree.' He was sentenced to serve 18 years in the state penitentiary. From such judgment he appeals claiming that the evidence was insufficient to justify…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Dutton v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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- State v. NelsonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1964
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3Cited by9 opinions
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