Convicted murderer to get new trial in South Dakota Monday, March 18, 2019

Mitchell Daily Republic: "In an opinion released Friday, March 15, the South Dakota Supreme Court unanimously agreed with Watertown defense attorney Scott Bratland’s contention that the trial court abused its discretion in failing to properly instruct a Grant County jury on what charge Bratland’s client, Michael Swan, should have faced."

Read more at: https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/crime-and-courts/4585875-convicted-murderer-get-new-trial-south-dakota

Read the court's opinion at: http://ujs.sd.gov/uploads/sc/opinions/28450kqx5p91.pdf