Opinion ID: 2032740
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Heading Rank: 6

Heading: -Severance-

Text: Three of the five issues raised by Sitting Crow are analyzed in State v. Jaques, 428 N.W.2d 260, where we affirmed the trial court. These are: Denial of court-appointed expert assistance and a continuance; appropriateness of jury instructions based on the law of self-defense; and denial of the defense's motion for severance. As in Jaques, we make the following determinations: Expert assistance and the continuance requested were unnecessary to prepare an adequate defense ( see State v. Hallman, 391 N.W.2d 191 (S.D.1986)); the jury instructions complained of were correct statements of law and were appropriate given the evidence presented at trial ( see State v. Stumbaugh, 28 S.D. 50, 132 N.W. 666 (1911)); and no abuse of discretion exists in trying these defendants together, as their strategies were not fundamentally antagonistic and no prejudice resulted ( see State v. Andrews, 393 N.W.2d 76 (S.D.1986), and State v. No Heart, 353 N.W.2d 43, 47 (S.D.1984)).