State v. Watts

188 N.W.2d 913 (1971)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff-Respondent,

v.

Christie M. WATTS, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 10804.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

August 13, 1971.

Rehearing Denied August 31, 1971.

William J. Srstka, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, argued case for plaintiff-respondent, Gordon Mydland, Atty. Gen., Pierre, and LeRoy Hill, State's Atty., Butte County, Belle Fourche, were on the brief.

Wm. E. Anderson, Belle Fourche, for defendant-appellant.

RENTTO, Presiding Judge.

The defendant, Christie M. Watts, shot and killed his stepson, Ira Edlin, on September 29, 1968. The decedent was then…