Lange v. Weber

602 N.W.2d 273 (1999)

1999 SD 138

Mary LANGE, Applicant and Appellant,

v.

Douglas WEBER, Warden of South Dakota State Penitentiary, Appellee.

No. 20821.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Considered on Briefs September 13, 1999.

Decided October 27, 1999.

Susan Kirkvold, Sioux Falls, for applicant and appellant.

Mark Barnett, Attorney General, Jeffrey P. Hallem, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, for appellee.

MILLER, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1.] The habeas judge dismissed Mary Lange's application for writ of habeas corpus as frivolous. He then issued a certificate of probable cause in order to permit her to…