South Dakota High Court: Subpoena For Rape Victim’s Journals Lacked Specificity

( December 3, 2024, 8:25 AM EST) -- PIERRE, S.D. — Relying heavily on a South Dakota victims’ rights law and United States v. Nixon, the South Dakota Supreme Court ruled that a trial court should have granted a purported rape victim’s motion to quash a subpoena from her alleged attackers that sought production of her journals and diaries, reversing the quash denial and remanding the case....

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