US Supreme Court decision on rulemaking won’t reopen SD death penalty case, appeals court says

By: John Hult

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: May 4, 2026

Words: 553

Last Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago

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A U.S. Supreme Court decision on bureaucratic overreach doesn’t give South Dakota’s lone death row inmate another chance to argue for a new trial or sentence, according to a ruling from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals released on Monday.

Briley Piper, 46, was sentenced to death by a judge for the murder of Chester Allan Poage. Piper, Elijah Page and Darrell Hoadley tortured and killed Poage in 2000 near Spearfish. Page was executed …

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