Patino v. State

331 N.W.2d 837 (1983)

Stephen Curtis PATINO, Petitioner and Appellant,

v.

STATE of South Dakota, Respondent and Appellee.

No. 13879.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Considered on Briefs February 16, 1983.

Decided April 6, 1983.

Ralph C. Hoggatt, Deadwood, for petitioner and appellant.

Jeffrey P. Hallem, Asst. Atty. Gen., Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., on brief, Pierre, for respondent and appellee.

DUNN, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the trial court denying Stephen Curtis Patino (appellant) post-conviction relief pursuant to SDCL 23A-34. We affirm.

On January 3, 1981, appellant was arrested…