Legal Opinion
State v. Big Head
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided February 20, 1985No. 14376PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORGAN, Justice.
This appeal is from a jury trial in which George Big Head (defendant) was convicted of vehicular homicide under SDCL 22-16-41 and from the trial court’s imposition of a six-year prison sentence upon him. Wé affirm.
The charge of vehicular homicide resulted from an automobile collision which occurred at approximately 8:00 a.m. on May 9, 1983, when defendant’s motor vehicle, proceeding south on Highway 79, enroute from Rapid City to Hot Springs, crossed the center line and collided headon with a northbound vehicle. The northbound vehicle carried the decedent, who was driving, and…
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