State v. Ripperger

DUNN, Justice.

After serving sixteen days of a forty-five-day sentence on a conviction of driving while intoxicated, defendant’s motion for suspension of the balance of his sentence was granted on the condition that he immediately pay his $300 fine and the witness costs of Dennis Hall in the amount of $412.48 within six months. Payment was to be made to Lake County, South Dakota. The court entered an order releasing defendant. Approximately one month later, defendant made a motion for amendment of the judgment, stating that the witness fee paid by the county to Mr. Hall was “contrary to the…