DENOYER v. WEBER

No. 23223.

694 N.W.2d 848 (2005)

2005 SD 43

Charles DENOYER, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Douglas WEBER, Warden of South Dakota Penitentiary, Defendant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided March 23, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew T. Stephens, Rapid City, South Dakota, Attorney for petitioner and appellant.

Lawrence E. Long, Attorney General, Gary Campbell, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for defendant and appellee.


GILBERTSON, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1.] Petitioner, who was charged with first degree burglary and second degree rape, declined a plea bargain that would have allowed him to avoid a mandatory life sentence without parole and capped his potential sentence at a maximum of fifteen years. Petitioner was convicted after a jury trial, and lost his subsequent appeal. Petitioner filed a writ of habeas corpus contending that the cumulative errors of his trial counsel amounted...

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