Legal Opinion
State v. West
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided November 30, 1977No. 11874PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ZASTROW, Justice.
This is an appeal by the state (pursuant to SDCL 23-51-2(2)) from the trial court’s order granting the defendant’s motion to compel the election of counts and the defendant’s motion to dismiss all charges based upon a former judgment of acquittal. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
The defendant, Frank West (West), was president of American Beef Packers, Inc. (ABP), once the second largest packing company in the United States with assets of over $100,000,000 on June 30,1974; by January 7, 1975, ABP, because of financial setbacks, had filed for a chapter XI bankruptcy. The…
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