State v. Deneui

775 N.W.2d 221 (2009)

2009 SD 99

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee,

v.

Brian Lee DENEUI, Defendant and Appellant,

No. 24853.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Considered on Briefs February 17, 2009.

Decided November 10, 2009.

Marty J. Jackley, Attorney General, Frank Geaghan, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, for plaintiff and appellee.

Mark Kadi, Minnehaha County Office of the Public Advocate, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for defendant and appellant.

KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] In a case of first impression, we are confronted with the question whether the community caretaker…