Guthrie v. Weber

767 N.W.2d 539 (2009)

2009 SD 42

William GUTHRIE, Petitioner and Appellant,

v.

Douglas WEBER, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary, Respondent and Appellee.

No. 24883.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Argued March 23, 2009.

Decided June 10, 2009.

Michael J. Butler, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Attorney for petitioner and appellant.

Lawrence E. Long, Attorney General, Sherri Sundem Wald, Deputy Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for respondent and appellee.

KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Petitioner was convicted in 2001 of the murder of his wife. He sought habeas corpus relief in circuit court…