Legal Opinion
State v. Plenty Horse
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided March 3, 1971No. File 10765PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSON, Judge.
*404Adolph Plenty Horse, a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of American Indians, was charged with the crime of forgery in the third degree. He was tried and found guilty by a jury in the Circuit Court of Mellette County. On appeal, he contends the jury panel should have been quashed because of the systematic exclusion of members of his race from the jury list.
Plenty Horse timely moved to quash the jury panel before commencement of his trial. Although Indians constitute a substantial per cent of the total population of Mellette County, it appears from evidence introduced at the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Norris v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
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- Virginia v. RivesSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
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3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. BittnerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1984
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- State v. HallSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1978
- State v. VillafaneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
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