State v. Banks

387 N.W.2d 19 (1986)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee,

v.

Dennis J. BANKS, Defendant and Appellant.

No. 14769.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Considered on Briefs October 22, 1985.

Decided April 30, 1986.

Bruce Ellison, Rapid City, for defendant and appellant.

John Guhin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and appellee; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.

MORGAN, Justice.

This is hopefully the final chapter of the Custer Courthouse riot which occurred in Custer, South Dakota, in February 1973. Dennis Banks (Banks) was convicted of riot while armed, SDCL 22-10-5, and…