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COON v. WEBER

Nos. 22060, 22061.

644 N.W.2d 638 (2002)

2002 SD 48

Eric J. COON, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Douglas WEBER, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary, Respondent and Appellee. Robert D. Poppen, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Douglas Weber, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary, Respondent and Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided May 1, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Thompson, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Attorney for petitioners and appellees Coon and Poppen.

Mark Barnett, Attorney General, Frank Geaghan, Sherri Sundem Wald, Assistant Attorneys General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for respondent and appellee.

PER CURIAM.

[¶ 1.] Eric J. Coon and Robert D. Poppen filed separate appeals from a joined habeas corpus action. Each is serving a life sentence in the state penitentiary for his involvement in the murder of Mary K. Ross. Because their appeals are nearly identical and involve the same legal issue, they are combined here.1 We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

[¶ 2.] Ross...

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