Legal Opinion
State v. Webster
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided December 5, 2001No. NonePublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GORS, Acting Justice.
[¶ 1.] Adam Webster (Webster) appeals his conviction for grand theft by deception. Webster argues that the trial court improperly instructed the jury on direct and circumstantial evidence and that the State practiced unconstitutional gender discrimination when it used seven of its ten peremptory challenges to strike potential female jurors. We affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
[¶ 2.] On May 18, 1999, Webster went to the Community First State Bank (Bank) in Clark, South Dakota, to open a checking account and to obtain a loan to buy a jet ski. After a credit check, the loan…
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