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Date: 09-28-2020
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Case Number: 3:19-cr-30112-RAL
Judge: Roberto A. Lange
Court: United States District Court for the District of South Dakota (Hughes County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office, Pierre, South Dakota
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Description: Pierre, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with involuntary manslaughter.
Antoine Medicine Crow, Jr., age 38, wwas indicted by a federal grand jury on August 13, 2019. He pled guilty on June 29, 2020.
The conviction stemmed from an incident on April 26, 2019, in Buffalo County, on the Crow Creek Reservation, when Medicine Crow operated a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Medicine Crow attempted to pass another vehicle, at a high rate of speed, and lost control of the car. The vehicle careened into the ditch and rolled over multiple times. Medicine Crow and another individual were both ejected from the car, with the ejected passenger ultimately dying from her injuries.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Crow Creek Agency. Assistant U.S. Attorney Troy R. Morley prosecuted the case.
Medicine Crow was immediately turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
18 U.S.C. §§ 1153 and 1112; INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
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Outcome: Defendant was 30 sentenced to months imprisonment; 3 years supervised release; restitution left open for 30 days; $100.00 special assessment
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