Title: State v. Ekern
Citation: 2001 SD 21
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State: south-dakota
Issuer: south-dakota Supreme Court
Date: February 26, 2001

State v. Ekern Annotate this Case Unified Judicial System State of South Dakota Plaintiff and Appellee v. Nelda Ekern Defendant and Appellant [ 2001 SD 21 ] South Dakota Supreme Court Appeal from the Circuit Court of The Seventh Judicial Circuit Pennington County, South Dakota Hon. Janine M. Kern, Judge Mark Barnett, Attorney General Jason A. Glodt, Assistant Attorney General Pierre, South Dakota Attorneys for plaintiff and appellee Kelly D. Frazier Pennington County Public Defender's Office Rapid City, South Dakota Attorneys for defendant and appellant Considered on Briefs February 13, 2001 Opinion Filed 2/26/2001 #21601 PER CURIAM [¶1.] Within six weeks of committing the DUI in Appeal #21600, Ekern committed another. Pursuant to a plea agreement, she pled guilty to third offense felony DUI. The trial court sentenced her to two years in the penitentiary and ordered that this sentence be served consecutively to that in Appeal #21600. Yet again an attorney with the Pennington County Public Defender has appealed arguing that this sentence is grossly disproportionate. Nonsense. [¶2.] For the reasons set forth in Appeal #21600, the judgment is affirmed. [¶3.] MILLER, Chief Justice, SABERS, AMUNDSON, KONENKAMP, and GILBERTSON, Justices, participating.