Legal Opinion

State v. Clark

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided December 7, 1977No. 11921PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Per curiam

The proceedings are before this court pursuant to a motion to dismiss the appeal and remand to circuit court for abatement of the proceedings. We grant the motion.

James E. Clark was charged with two sales of methamphetamine to an undercover informant on August 27, 1974 and September 6,1974. Following his arrest in December 1974, Clark was bound over for trial following a preliminary hearing on January 31, 1975. Following the preliminary hearing and before the trial, the undercover informant was found murdered in Rapid City, South Dakota. The trial on both counts finally was commenced on March…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Durham v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Commonwealth v. WalkerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  3. Dorothy Crooker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963
  4. State v. JonesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1976
  5. Commonwealth v. CulpepperSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1972

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. United States v. Rick PaulineCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  2. People v. MazzoneIllinois Supreme Court · 1978
  3. Howell v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
  4. Commonwealth v. HernandezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
  5. State v. HoxsieSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1997

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