Court Opinion

ID: 9731880
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 16:00:42.13988+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:21.695613
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DUNN, Justice
(dissenting).
For all the reasons stated in the dissent in State v. Graycek, 278 N.W.2d 184 (S.D.1979), I would affirm the trial court.
The defendant pled guilty and was sentenced for escape from the South Dakota Penitentiary where he was a prisoner pursuant to a judgment and sentence of a court of competent jurisdiction. He was never a prisoner of the Human Services Center as that term is defined in SDCL 23-25-1, or the 1978 definition in SDCL 22-11A-1. He was sent to the Human Services Center by prison authorities for a limited time and for a specific purpose, that is, treatment of alcoholism. He remained a prisoner of the South Dakota Penitentiary. The statutory and constitutional restrictions as to place of trial are irrelevant.