Legal Opinion
State v. Hauge
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided April 24, 1996No. NonePublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KONENKAMP, Justice.
[¶ 1] The questions presented are whether a domestic abuse protection order may prohibit sending letters and whether the term “verbal contact” includes letter writing. Asserting his First Amendment right to free speech and protesting “overly broad” language in the order, Defendant appeals his conviction for violating a protection order by sending a letter. We affirm.
Facts
[¶ 2] On December 28, 1994, Brenda Hansen appeared for a hearing on her petition for a protection order against her ex-husband, Kenneth Hauge. Her petition alleged:
Last November, 93, KC [Hauge] physically…
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