Opinion ID: 2031495
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: whether the fourth judicial circuit court lacked jurisdiction to resentence garritsen

Text: In Application of Garritsen, supra this court reversed and remanded the decision of the Second Judicial Circuit Court which had denied his application for a writ of habeas corpus. Garritsen argues that this decision required further proceedings in the rape/habitual offender action in the Fourth Judicial Circuit. He contends that after one year had passed from the date of this court's order in the Second Circuit appeal, SDCL 15-30-16 deprived the Fourth Judicial Circuit Court of jurisdiction to resentence him. Garritsen's argument is without merit for the clear and elemental reason that this court lacks jurisdiction to enter an order mandating further proceedings in an action other than the one before us on appeal. South Dakota Const. art. V, § 5; SDCL 15-26A (Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure); SDCL 15-30 (Disposition of Appeals to Supreme Court). SDCL 15-30-16 applies solely to the action appealed from and cannot be the basis for dismissal of a separate action.