Legal Opinion
United States of America, Ex Rel. Ted Means v. Herman Solem, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 27, 1980No. 79-2017PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
Ted Means was convicted of riot to obstruct justice in violation of SDCL section 22-10 — 4 1 and sentenced to thirty months imprisonment. The Supreme Court of South Dakota affirmed the conviction. State v. Means, S.D., 276 N.W.2d 699 (1979).
Means thereafter filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In his petition Means contended, inter alia, that the trial court’s refusal to instruct on his theories of self-defense, defense of others, and ignorance or mistake of fact was a denial of due process, right to a trial by jury, and the right to…
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3Cited by47 opinions
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