State public defenders deliver their first oral arguments to South Dakota Supreme Court

State public defenders deliver their first oral arguments to South Dakota Supreme Court

The entrance to the South Dakota Supreme Court at the state Capitol in Pierre. (Photo by Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight)Lawyers for the recently created Office of Indigent Legal Services delivered their first oral arguments before the South Dakota Supreme Court on Tuesday in Pierre. It was a watershed moment for the state’s public defense agency, a $1.5 million, five-attorney operation that the state court system’s leaders expect to deliv…