State v. Charles

628 N.W.2d 734 (2001)

2001 SD 67

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee,

v.

Daniel Neil CHARLES a/k/a Daniel Heinzelman a/k/a Daniel Ingalls, Defendant and Appellant.

No. 21526.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Argued April 24, 2001.

Decided May 30, 2001.

Mark Barnett, Attorney General, Ann C. Meyer, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, SD, Attorneys for plaintiff and appellee.

Timothy J. Rensch and Patrick K. Duffy, Rapid City, SD, Attorneys for defendant and appellant.

MILLER, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1.] In this appeal, we affirm a conviction of first degree murder and hold that the trial court did not…