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State v. Christensen

Supreme Court of South Dakota
May 27, 1953
58 N.W.2d 621 (S.D. 1953)

Opinion

File No. 9324.

Opinion filed May 27, 1953.

1. Appeal and Error.

Where certified copy of notice of appeal from judgment entered December 12, 1951, was filed in Supreme Court on March 10, 1952, and no steps in prosecution of appeal had been taken in Supreme Court thereafter for more than one year, appeal was deemed abandoned and judgment affirmed.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Codington County; Hon. W.W. Knight, Judge.

Proceeding by the state of South Dakota against Mervin Christensen. From an adverse judgment, defendant appeals.

Judgment affirmed.

Donald W. Lobitz, Watertown, for Defendant and Appellant.

Ralph A. Dunham, Atty. Gen., Ross Oviatt, State's Atty., Watertown, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


This is an appeal from a judgment entered on December 12, 1951. A certified copy of the notice of appeal was filed in this court on March 10, 1952. Since that time no steps in the prosecution of the appeal have been taken in this court. The appeal is deemed abandoned and the judgment appealed from is affirmed.

All the Judges concur.


Summaries of

State v. Christensen

Supreme Court of South Dakota
May 27, 1953
58 N.W.2d 621 (S.D. 1953)
Case details for

State v. Christensen

Case Details

Full title:STATE, Respondent v. CHRISTENSEN, Appellant

Court:Supreme Court of South Dakota

Date published: May 27, 1953

Citations

58 N.W.2d 621 (S.D. 1953)
58 N.W.2d 621