State v. Martin
South Dakota Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Justice.
In this appeal, we affirm convictions on four counts of second-degree manslaughter arising out of a motor vehicle collision and hold that (1) there was sufficient evidence to support the convictions; (2) the trial court properly instructed the jury on the statutory rules of the road; and (3) the motion for change of venue was properly denied.
FACTS
During the late night hours of August 14, 1988, Kelly Kortan, her young daughters, Ashli and Jennifer, and her niece, Nicole Sayler, died. They had been passengers in a vehicle driven by Kelly’s husband, Darrell Kortan, which struck a…
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