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- Title: State South Dakota v. Bruce Hartman
- Author : Supreme Court of South Dakota
- Release Date : January 07, 1977
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 70 KB
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ZASTROW, Justice. The defendant, Bruce Hartman, appeals from his conviction of second degree manslaughter under SDCL 22-16-21
(hereinafter referred to as "DWI manslaughter") for the death of Beverly Schulte in a traffic accident. On September 11, 1975, the decedent was a passenger in an automobile owned and operated by the defendant. The one-car accident
occurred on Highway 37 as the defendant drove north from Mitchell, South Dakota, and crossed a bridge near the Lake Mitchell
spillway. The defendant testified that as he crossed the bridge his speed was 45 miles per hour, the posted speed limit.
Just beyond the bridge, a curved concrete median separates the traffic lanes. The defendant's car struck the median curb,
skidding along the curb over 140 feet when the left wheels apparently jumped the curb and onto the median for another 140
feet. The car then returned to and across the traffic lane, leaving skid marks for a distance of over 200 feet until it left
the highway, and was airborne for a distance of more than 30 feet. The car slid sideways into the ditch some 126 feet, then
traveling another 60 feet before hitting a board fence along the highway right-of-way. After striking the fence, the car then
spun and continued backwards some 70 feet until it struck a large wooden utility pole.
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