State v. Dale

WUEST, Acting Justice.

This is an appeal from a circuit court judgment affirming a judgment of conviction in magistrate court following a jury verdict of obstructing law enforcement officers, pursuant to SDCL 22-11-6, and resisting legal process, pursuant to SDCL 22-11-1. We affirm.

In the fall of 1982, Byron C. Dale (appellant) presented a note to the Production Credit Association (PCA) proposing to repay money he borrowed from the PCA with hay and silage. The PCA rejected the proposal and initiated legal proceedings to inspect farm machinery and livestock owned by appellant, which secured the…