Title: State v. Munson
Citation: 206 N.W.2d 434
Docket Number: 10828
State: south-dakota
Issuer: south-dakota Supreme Court
Date: April 5, 1973

206 N.W.2d 434 (1973) STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. H. Benjamin MUNSON, M.D., Defendant and Respondent. No. 10828. Supreme Court of South Dakota. April 5, 1973. Gordon Mydland, Atty. Gen., C. J. Kelly, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, Jack Klauck, State's Atty., Rapid City, for plaintiff and appellant. Homer Kandaras, Rapid City, Roy Lucas, Jr., New York City, for defendant and respondent. HANSON, Justice. In an opinion rendered by this Court on September 26, 1972, the constitutionality of the South Dakota abortion statute, SDCL 22-17-1, was sustained. See State v. Munson, M.D., 86 S.D. ___, 201 N.W.2d 123. Thereafter, defendant appealed said cause to the United States Supreme Court. On March 27, 1973, the United States Supreme Court, ___ U.S. ___, 93 S. Ct. 1416, 35 L. Ed. 2d 683, entered its order in said matter directed to the members of this Court as follows: According to the majority opinion in Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 93 S. Ct. 705, 35 L. Ed. 2d 147, the South Dakota abortion law would be considered unconstitutional in toto in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Therefore, in compliance with the mandate of the United States Supreme Court the judgment of this Court entered on the 26th day of September, 1972, is vacated and the cause remanded with directions to dismiss the Information filed in this action by the State's Attorney in Pennington County. Remanded and dismissed. BIEGELMEIER, C. J., and WINANS and WOLLMAN, JJ., concur. DOYLE, J., not participating.