South Dakota Supreme Court March 7, 1990, Nos. 16570, 16571 (State v. Kettle)

lead-opinion

SABERS, Justice.

Byron Red Kettle claims that the trial court erred 1) in setting his state sentences to run consecutively to federal sentences for the same offenses, and 2) in refusing to appoint a psychiatric expert to assist in his defense.

Facts

After robbing the Conomart Store at Box Elder, South Dakota, on September 30, 1987, Red Kettle kidnapped the clerk of the store.