Legal Opinion
State v. Waff
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided July 31, 1985No. 14336PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Justice.
Defendant was convicted by a Hughes County jury (venue having been changed *20from Lawrence County) of conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree and of first-degree murder. The jury rejected the State’s request that Waff be sentenced to death on the count of first-degree murder and instead recommended that he be sentenced to life imprisonment. SDCL 23A-27A-2; 23A-27A-4. Defendant has appealed. We affirm.
The charges against defendant were based upon the killing of Russell Keller on October 22, 1981. We set forth a full account of the circumstances that led to Keller’s death…
2Cases cited50 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- State v. BrownOregon Supreme Court · 1984
- United States v. Steven John AlexanderCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Commonwealth v. a JuvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- United States v. Kevin R. DaileyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by49 opinions
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