Legal Opinion

State v. Kane

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided May 31, 1978No. 11910, 11911PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORGAN, Justice.

This is a consolidated appeal by Ken Kane and Curtis Bald Eagle after a jury verdict finding them guilty of riot to obstruct justice arising from an incident at the Minnehaha County Courthouse in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on April 30, 1974. We affirm.

On April 30, 1974, at the trial of State v. Bad Heart Bull, et al., a number of spectators did not stand for Judge Bottum when he entered the courtroom. This being the second time this had occurred in the course of the trial, Judge Bottum ordered all spectators cleared from the courtroom. However a group of Indian spectators…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Krulewitch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Colten v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. United States v. David T. DellingerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
  4. People v. FordCalifornia Supreme Court · 1964
  5. United States v. Curtis Charles Overshon and John OvershonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. State v. MuetzeSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
  2. State v. SteeleSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1994
  3. State v. MeansSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1978
  4. State v. LaytonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1983
  5. State v. RashSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1980

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