Legal Opinion
Brim v. South Dakota Board of Pardons & Paroles
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided April 30, 1997No. NonePublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGilbertson, Justice
(on reassignment).
[¶ 1.] In 1958, Robert Brim was convicted of manslaughter in Stanley County and sentenced to life imprisonment. The original court file indicates that Brim shot Irene Stoesser, killing her and her unborn child. Stoesser and her husband employed Brim on their farm near Hayes, South Dakota. Although Irene’s three-year-old daughter was also shot to death and a four-year-old son was injured in the same incident, Brim was only charged with Irene’s death.1 He pled guilty and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
[¶ 2.] Brim began to serve his sentence on November 1, 1958. No parole…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Petition of Famous Brands, Inc.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1984
- State v. MoellerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1996
- Nelson v. South Dakota State Board of DentistrySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1991
- State v. KingSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1967
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- State v. BartonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2001
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- State v. AllisonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2000
- Reck v. S.D. Bd. of Pardons & ParolesSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2019
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