South Dakota Supreme Court

The South Dakota Supreme Court continues to operate during the pandemic shutdown. One exception is that the court rescheduled March oral arguments,…

In January 2017, two agents from the Division of Criminal Investigation went onto the Pine Ridge Reservation to investigate a crime committed off…

Roger Jackson was convicted of third-degree rape for having sex with a woman who suffers from a rare form of dementia. In late 2018, he was sentenced to…

A lifer in the state penitentiary has lost a bid for a new trial. Chance Harruff is serving a mandatory life sentence for strangling his former…

In The Moment ... January 16, 2020 Show 735 Hour 2South Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice David Gilbertson delivered his 19th and final State of the…

The South Dakota Supreme Court has overturned the drug conviction of a Deadwood hotel guest whose arrest started with a traffic stop.Prosecutors held that…

In this week’s South Dakota news, a civil trial at the Aberdeen federal courthouse challenges the implementation of HB 1094, and reports from counties in…

The South Dakota Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the conviction of the state's last death-row inmate.Briley Piper has been appealing his death…

The South Dakota Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the conviction of the state's last death-row inmate.Briley Piper pleaded guilty to murder and other…

This week’s South Dakota news features life-saving advances in stroke treatment, the surprise resignation of a prominent conservative state lawmaker, and…