Court Opinion

ID: 9690213
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 18:56:59.20705+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:18:54.118117
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HENDERSON, Justice
(specially concurring).
I concur specially only to point out my continued belief that SDCL 23A-27-38 is unconstitutional. State v. Robinson, 399 N.W.2d 324 (S.D.1987) (Henderson, J., concurring in part; dissenting in part); Robinson v. Solem, 432 N.W.2d 246 (S.D.1988) (Henderson, J., dissenting); State v. Bailey, 464 N.W.2d 626 (S.D.1991) (Henderson, J., dissenting).
Although the issues raised by Robinson in the present appeal do not deal with whether the guilty but mentally ill (GMBI) statutes unconstitutionally deprive Robinson of due process, I do believe that the state legislature’s failure to repeal the GMBI statutes will continue to present due process problems for Robinson and other appellants similarly situated.