Legal Opinion
State v. McDowell
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided July 24, 1986No. 14590PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Justice.
ACTION
This is an appeal by Edward McDowell (defendant) from a Judgment of Conviction and Sentence for first-degree murder. Defendant was charged under SDCL 22-16-4, found guilty by a jury in Pennington County, and sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm.
FACTS
Defendant and Barbara McDowell were married in 1972. After several moves and career changes for defendant, defendant and his wife settled in southeastern South Dakota. In early 1981, defendant was hired as the Chief of Police for Tea, South Dakota. Tea is in southeastern South Dakota, situs of the murder, and the…
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