South Dakota 1983 Law
State of South Dakota v. Anthony Rome, Sr.
When Justice Went To Hell: Anthony Rome, Sr. picked up his son from the boy's Mother's house on October 19, 1986 and did not return him at the end of his court decreed visitation with the boy. Instead, Rome went on the run with the boy. The boy's mother reported and Anthony he was indicted and a warrant was issues for his arrest. In January, 1987, the FBI found and arrested Anthony.<br> <br> R... More...
$0 (12-31-1987 - SD)State of South Dakota v. Anthony Rome
Defendant and appellant, Anthony Rome, Sr. (Anthony), was found guilty by the trial court of taking a minor child from the custodial parent, in violation of SDCL 22-19-9 and 22-19-10.[*] Anthony was sentenced to five years in the South Dakota Penitentiary, execution of sentence suspended upon his compliance with certain conditions of probation. Anthony appeals. We reverse and remand.<br> <br> Anth... More...
$0 (04-28-1987 - SD)Zvitaliy Strizheus v. The City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Sioux Falls, South Dakota civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants taking of property without just compensation.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiffs Vitaliy and Nataliya Strizheus (collectively "Plaintiffsâ€) seek a preliminary injunction to prevent Defendant the City of Sioux Falls ("the Cityâ€) from enforcing a final state court judgment permitting the razing of Plaintiffs' ... More...
$0 (07-27-2023 - SD)NORTHLAND CAPTIAL v. ROBINSON
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Pierre, South Dakota - Agricultural Law lawyer represented Plaintiff and Appellee with filing suit for non payment for grain bin monitoring equipment. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> Robinson purchased grain bin monitoring equipment for his farm in <br> Spink County from American Edge Grain, Inc. on May 8, 2017. The purchase w... More...
$0 (07-05-2022 - SD)McLAEN v. WHITE TOWNSHIP
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Pierre, SD - Appellate lawyer represented Appellants with appealing<br> denial of their requested drainage project. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> Steven McLaen owns agricultural property in White Township within <br> Marshall County, South Dakota. He farms the property with his son Matthew <br> McLaen. In 2014, the McLaens req... More...
$0 (06-10-2022 - SD)SPENCER LACROIX v. BRENT FLUKE, Warden, Mike Durfee State Prison
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Pierre, SD - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with a first-degree rape of a child under thirteen years of age charge. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <center><font color="red"><h1>Child Sexual Predator </h1></font></center><br> <br> In 2002, LaCroix lived near Watertown, South Dakota, with his wife <br> and, at that time... More...
$0 (06-10-2022 - SD)Prieor Childers v. Unknown P.D. Officer, SFPD #1, et al.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota pro se Plaintiff, sued Defendants on civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiff, Prieor Childers, an inmate at the Minnehaha County Jail, filed a pro se civil rights lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Docket 1. Judgment was entered against Childers, and he filed a notice of appeal. Dockets 24, 25. Now, Childers moves to appeal without prepayment of fees and ... More...
$0 (06-07-2022 - SD)Tara L. Hartse and Distin L. Hartse v. Jimmy Mrphy and Lake Norden, South Dakota
Pierre, South Dakota civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiffs, individually, and as legal guardains of and on behalf of KFH, BATH, and BPLH, minor children, who sued Defendants on deprivation of constitutional rights theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983.... More...
$1 (05-13-2021 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. SHAWN MICHAEL SHELTON
<center><h2><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Criminal defense attorney represented Shawn Michael Shelton with the sale of methamphetamine to a confidential informant (CI) charge.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> [¶2.] Detective Joseph Erickson (Detective Erickson) of the Yankton Police <br> Department and Special Agent Ryan Pennock (Agent Pennock) of the South Dakota <br> Division of Criminal... More...
$0 (04-26-2021 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. CARLOS C. QUEVEDO
<center><h2><font color="red"> Rapid City, SD - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Rodney Dain Doster with <i> claiming his sentence is unconstitutional because it violates categorical limitations placed upon sentences for juveniles and because it is disproportionately harsh.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Carlos Quevedo spent the evening of January 17, 2017, ingesting cold<br... More...
$0 (11-30-2020 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. BRANDON KEITH SNODGRASS
<center><h2><font color="red">Pierre, SD - Sexual contact with a child under age sixteen criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Brandon Snodgrass <i>arguing the indictment against him failed to sufficiently allege the dates, times, and locations of the crimes charged so that he could prepare an adequate defense. Snodgrass also claims that the circuit court abused its discretion in admittin... More...
$0 (11-30-2020 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. CARRIE LYNN OSTBY STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. DANA OLMSTED
<center><h2><font color="red">Sturgis, SD. - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants Carrie Lynn Ostby and Dana Olmsted charged with <i>felony-controlled substance charges.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On March 20, 2019, at around 5:45 p.m., Deadwood police officers<br> responded to a report of possible illegal drug activity associated with Apartment 15<br> located at 53 Dunlap Av... More...
$0 (11-07-2020 - SD)Matthew Kurtenbach and Shanna Doyle v. Kristi Noem, Json Ravnsborg, Trevor Jones, SCott Bollinger, Cassie Wendt, Wendy Kloeppner and The State of South Dakota Obligation Recovery Center
Rapid City, SD - Matthew Kurtenbach and Shanna Doyle sued Kristi Noem, Json Ravnsborg, Trevor Jones, SCott Bollinger, Cassie Wendt, Wendy Kloeppner and The State of South Dakota Obligation Recovery Center on a Civil Rights Act - Civil Action for Deprivation of Rights, under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> ... More...
$0 (11-27-2019 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. DONALD M. WILLINGHAM
<center> <P><font color=”FF0000”><h2> Call Kent Morlan at 888-354-4529 if you need a lawyer ⚖ </font></h2></center><br> <center><br> <h1><br> <font Color="Blue">M</font>ore<font Color="Red">L</font>aw Lawyer Referral Service<br> <font Color="Red">Need Free Help Finding A Lawyer? <br> Call: 918-582-6422</font><br> </h1><br> </center><br> On the morning of October 24, 2015, while patroll... More...
$0 (09-23-2019 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. GREGORY DEJESUS TWO HEARTS
<center><br> <h1><br> <p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new">MoreLaw Helps People Find Lawyers</a><br> <font><br> </h1><br> </center><br> On January 19, 2015, three men robbed the Casino Korner in Aberdeen, South Dakota and then fled avoiding arrest. The suspects evaded the police for m... More...
$0 (04-01-2019 - SD)Oglala Sioux Tribe, et al. v. Lisa Fleming, Mark Vargos, Honorable Craig Pfeifle, Lynne A. Valenti
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/sd/locations/rapidcty.jpg"><br> </center><br> The Oglala Sioux Tribe, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, and tribal members Madonna<br> Pappan and Lisa Young brought this action against various South Dakota officials<br> under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They challenged procedures used in proceedings brought by<br> the State to remove children te... More...
$0 (09-18-2018 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. GENE R. KALINE <table> <td>
In the early morning hours of September 22, 2016, a homeowner in Pennington County contacted the Rapid City Police Department and asked that officers remove her son and a woman named Kasey Sybert from her home. The homeowner asserted that there was an active warrant for Sybert’s arrest. The homeowner did not indicate how many people were in the home at the time, but responding officers underst... More...
$0 (07-15-2018 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA vs. JOHN ERIC HEMMINGER <table> <td>
On January 7, 2015, at 2:02 a.m., Hemminger called 911 to report that he had just been stabbed in the hand by Richard Hanley and was on his way to the hospital. He said that he had been at Goebel’s home and that someone should go to Goebel’s home because Hanley could still be there. Hanley and Goebel were in a relationship. Law enforcement officers went to Goebel’s home and found her lyi... More...
$0 (11-22-2017 - SD)Roger Lee v. William Driscoll
Mary and Roger Lee sued Mathews Township, South Dakota, and three<br> members of the Township Board of Supervisors—William Driscoll, Greg Albrecht,<br> and William Albrecht (collectively, the individual defendants)—alleging claims<br> under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law. The defendants moved for dismissal and<br> summary judgment, which the district court denied in part and granted in part. ... More...
$0 (09-07-2017 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA vs. SHELLY D. STANLEY <table> <td>
On August 3, 2015, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally was underway in Sturgis, South Dakota. Shortly before 1:00 a.m., Sturgis Police Officers Mike Varilek and Tom Strickland (collectively, “the Officers”) received a report from another police officer that a male and female had entered a single-occupancy, portable toilet located in the middle of 2nd Street. Officer Varilek testified that such an e... More...
$0 (06-09-2017 - SD)<h3>STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA vs. RYAN ALAN KRAUSE (#27628) and STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. BRIAN MICHAEL KRAUSE (#27629) </h3> <table> <td>
In 2014, the Krauses were both employed in information-technology positions in Milbank. Brian worked for Valley Queen Cheese, and Ryan worked for Big Stone Therapies. Valley Queen Cheese had contracted with the Xerox Company to supply toner cartridges. Under the agreement, Xerox maintained ownership of a cartridge even while it was in Valley Queen Cheese’s possession. In order to protect its... More...
$0 (04-17-2017 - SD)<b>STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. CHARLES BIRDSHEAD</b>
In 2013, a jury found Charles Birdshead guilty of first-degree <br> manslaughter, commission of a felony with a firearm, and possession of a controlled <br> weapon. Birdshead appealed his convictions, asserting eight issues for this Court’s <br> review. See State v. Birdshead (Birdshead I), 2015 S.D. 77, 871 N.W.2d 62. One <br> issue from the first appeal is relevant to this appeal—whether ... More...
$0 (12-18-2016 - SD)<b>STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. JOHN T. PENTECOST</b>
On April 19, 2012, Pentecost hired a locksmith to rekey the home that <br> he previously shared with his ex-wife, L.S., during their marriage. After gaining <br> entrance to the house, he sent L.S. a text message informing her that he had <br> changed the locks and moved some of his property inside because he wanted “to get <br> a piece of his life back.” L.S., who was at work, called the po... More...
$0 (12-06-2016 - SD)<b>STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTAv. MARICELA DIAZ</b>
On November 10, 2009, law enforcement officers and firefighters <br> responded to a vehicle fire in a wooded area of Hanson County near Mitchell, South <br> Dakota. After extinguishing the fire, they discovered a badly burned body in the <br> vehicle’s trunk, later identified as 16-year-old Jasmine Guevara. The autopsy <br> revealed that Guevara had been burned alive. <br> [¶3.] After trac... More...
$0 (11-24-2016 - SD)<b>STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. KEITH WAYNEMCLAIN HORNED EAGLE</b></h2.
On September 28, 2014, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Cheryl Walking <br> Crow called 911 to report that she had been raped earlier that morning. She <br> explained that she had walked to a cement enclosure next to the Salvation Army <br> building to sleep when a man approached her and raped her. Sioux Falls police <br> officers Bridget O’Toole and Craig Boetel responded. Officer O’Toole not... More...
$0 (09-30-2016 - SD)State of South Dakota v. Braiden McCahren
On September 23, 2014, a jury found McCahren guilty of second-degree <br> murder of Dalton Williams and aggravated assault of Tyus Youngberg. The jury <br> heard testimony from Tyus Youngberg. He testified that the death was a result of <br> an incident on December 18, 2012. Youngberg testified that McCahren, Youngberg, <br> and Williams were at McCahren’s house when McCahren went to a gun ra... More...
$0 (04-22-2016 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. JEREMIAH BADIT LIAW
Angela Calin is a resident of Sioux Falls. On October 24, 2014, she <br> was at her home with friends Jean Wolff and Nikolai Nidalko, an elderly neighbor. <br> Calin was inside the home while her friends were outside sitting on her back porch. <br> Calin heard shouting and looked out the window to see Liaw standing in her <br> driveway. He was not speaking English, but was uttering loud angry ... More...
$0 (04-09-2016 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. KEVIN JAMES RICE
On December 2, 2013, Sioux Falls resident Jason LaBeau returned <br> home after work to discover two intruders in his home attacking his 20-year-old son, <br> Jordan. After Jason rushed to Jordan’s aid, one of the intruders produced a pistol <br> and shot both Jason and Jordan. After the shooting, the intruders fled the scene, <br> leaving behind the pistol and one of their cell phones. Jason... More...
$0 (03-05-2016 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. CHIPPS
A jury convicted Christopher Lee Chipps of one count of second-degree <br> burglary and four counts of identity theft. Facing a second trial for additional <br> criminal activity, Chipps pleaded guilty to one count of grand theft. He now appeals <br> his jury convictions and sentences imposed for each of the foregoing crimes. Chipps <br> asserts that he did not receive effective assistance of c... More...
$0 (01-29-2016 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. BIRDSHEAD
On January 7, 2013, J.B. sent Birdshead a message on Facebook <br> asking Birdshead to acquire drugs for her and her friend. J.B. was fifteen years old <br> at the time, and Birdshead had known her for approximately five or six months. <br> Birdshead arranged for the drug transaction to occur with J.B. that same day at the <br> Dakota Rose Motel in Rapid City, South Dakota. <br> When J.B. sent B... More...
$0 (01-23-2016 - SD)State Of North Dakota v. Ballard
Jeremy Ballard appeals a district court judgment after he conditionally pled guilty to drug charges, reserving the right to challenge the denial of his motion to suppress evidence. He argues the district court should have suppressed evidence from his residence because the suspicionless probationary search violated his constitutional rights against unreasonable searches and seizures. We reverse bec... More...
$0 (01-15-2016 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. PLASTOW
Alvin Plastow spent fifteen years in prison after pleading guilty to raping a five-year-old African American female (N.H.). After his release from prison, Plastow lived with his girlfriend, Elizabeth Paige (mother of N.H.), Teerra <br> Raglan, and Raglan’s three-year-old African American daughter (S.G.). S.G.’s father, Michael Grace, frequently visited the home. At some point, Grace observ... More...
$0 (12-28-2015 - SD)North Star Mutual. Insurance. v. KORZAN
On September 19, 2012, Charles Korzan and his brother, Michael <br> Korzan, (Korzans) were moving hay bales from Charles’s property in Jones County <br> to his property in Brule County to feed livestock. The weather and crop conditions <br> were dangerously dry. To transport the hay bales, Michael drove a 1998 <br> International 9400 series semi-truck, hauling a 48-foot trailer. Charles drove... More...
$0 (12-18-2015 - SD)North Star Mutual. Insurance. v. KORZAN
On September 19, 2012, Charles Korzan and his brother, Michael <br> Korzan, (Korzans) were moving hay bales from Charles’s property in Jones County <br> to his property in Brule County to feed livestock. The weather and crop conditions <br> were dangerously dry. To transport the hay bales, Michael drove a 1998 <br> International 9400 series semi-truck, hauling a 48-foot trailer. Charles drove... More...
$0 (12-18-2015 - SD)HIGH PLAINS v. FALL RIVER CTY
Keith Andersen of Andersen Engineering contacted the Fall River <br> auditor, Sue Ganje, and asked her to place him on the Board’s March 25, 2014 <br> agenda so he could present a resolution to authorize a petroleum contaminated land <br> farm. The item was listed on the agenda as “Keith Andersen, Andersen <br> Engineering – Plat; Review of Resolution for Land Farm General Permit”. <br> ... More...
$0 (12-11-2015 - SD)GOOD LANCE v. BLACK HILLS DIALYSIS
Good Lance was a resident of Shannon County, South Dakota. <br> Shannon County is located completely within the boundaries of the Pine Ridge <br> Indian Reservation. Good Lance was a regular patient at BHD’s facility in Shannon <br> County. During one of her regular dialysis treatments, Good Lance fell and suffered <br> injuries that generated substantial medical expenses and required a nursi... More...
$0 (11-05-2015 - SD)CASPER LODGING v. AKERS
On October 15, 2003, Robert Akers agreed to sell to James Koehler a <br> “turn key Eighty-Four (84) unit Holiday Inn Express” in Casper, Wyoming. The <br> purchase price was set at $4,850,400. The hotel was not yet built; therefore, the <br> parties executed a contract entitled “Improvement Purchase Agreement” <br> (Agreement). The Agreement “set forth the terms and conditions under w... More...
$0 (10-29-2015 - SD)State of South Dakota v. Charles Birdshead
On January 7, 2013, J.B. sent Birdshead a message on Facebook <br> asking Birdshead to acquire drugs for her and her friend. J.B. was fifteen years old <br> at the time, and Birdshead had known her for approximately five or six months. <br> Birdshead arranged for the drug transaction to occur with J.B. that same day at the <br> Dakota Rose Motel in Rapid City, South Dakota. <br> [¶3.] When J.B... More...
$0 (10-22-2015 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. ALFREDO L. VARGAS
A jury found Defendant guilty of attempted fetal homicide. During the <br> trial, the jury heard from Lisa Komes. Komes testified that she learned that she <br> was pregnant with Defendant’s child in February of 2010. She told Defendant <br> about her pregnancy, and he indicated that he wanted her to obtain an abortion. <br> Komes did not want to be pregnant at that time, but she did not wan... More...
$0 (08-20-2015 - SD)State of South Dakota v. Eric E. Medicine
[¶1.] The State appeals the circuit court's order granting Eric E. Medicine's<br> motion in limine and motion to suppress blood evidence obtained by law<br> enforcement after initiating a traffic stop. The arresting officer first informed<br> Medicine that he had impliedly consented to a blood draw by virtue of operating a<br> vehicle in South Dakota, but then asked if Medicine consented to the b... More...
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