State v. Best

DUNN, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Daniel Best, was convicted of second degree manslaughter by a Pennington County Circuit Court jury on July 18, 1973, in the death of his son, Steven. He appeals claiming that the trial court erred (1) in permitting the prosecutor in his opening statement to reflect upon defendant’s taking or not taking the stand on his own behalf, (2) in permitting the introduction of a statement given by defendant, and in allowing the testimony of Deputy Sheriff Holloway in regard to the statement previous to proving the corpus delicti, (3) in permitting Dr. Kellum to…