STATE v. PFEIFFER

#30120.

14 N.W.3d 636 (2024)

2024 S.D. 71

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Maxton PFEIFFER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

OPINION FILED November 26, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CONOR DUFFY of Duffy Law Firm, Rapid City, South Dakota, Attorneys for defendant and appellant.

MARTY J. JACKLEY, Attorney General, ERIN E. HANDKE, JENNIFER M. JORGENSON, Assistant Attorneys General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for plaintiff and appellee.


[¶1.] Maxton Pfeiffer shot and killed his friend Ty Scott when Pfeiffer, Scott, and others were hanging out at their friend Cody Siemonsma's apartment. Pfeiffer did not dispute that he swept Siemonsma's .45 caliber pistol in the direction of Scott and discharged the firearm. However, he maintained that he checked the pistol...

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