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312 N.W.2d 469

State v. Hatten

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided November 18, 1981

South Dakota Supreme Court · decided 1981-11-18

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently January 2008

2 state decisions

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Decided 1981-11-18

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WOLLMAN, Chief Justice

¶1(concurring specially).

¶2I concur specially only to point out that the State’s brief agrees with appellant that the conviction should be reversed. In view of the fact that I recently joined in an opinion that criticized the Attorney General’s office for failing to file a brief in a case involving the constitutionality of a statute, see # 13290, State ex rel. Wieber v. Hennings, opinion filed October 14, 1981, (Woll-man, Chief Justice, joining in special concurrence), I think it only fair that we acknowledge that in this case the State did not attempt to assert a position that it had concluded would be indefensible.

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