State v. Johnson

ZASTROW, Justice (on reassignment).

Defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction entered after he was found guilty by a jury on a charge of unlawfully possessing amphetamines. SDCL 39-17-95. We reverse.

Defendant’s first contention is that the trial court erred in denying him a hearing on his motion to suppress evidence. Following his arrest on September 20, 1974, defendant retained his present counsel to represent him on the instant charge. When defendant was arraigned in circuit court on November 11, 1974, he was informed that he would have a period of two weeks in which to file any…