Court Opinion

ID: 9527103
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 03:27:32.975483+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:25:33.659217
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JONES, Circuit Judge
(dissenting).
I must respectfully dissent.
I agree that a defendant is entitled to an instruction on his theory of defense if there is evidence to support it. I do not believe there was evidence in this case upon which any jury could reasonably find that Mr. Kills Small was intoxicated to the point where he lacked the specific intent to commit larceny. Accordingly, I do not believe the trial court committed reversible error in refusing to give South Dakota Pattern Jury Instruction # 2-14-6 as requested by the defendant.
I am authorized to state that Justice Wollman joins in this dissent.