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JKNNKR/pagc i_she was not in custody and she was free to go and Judge Martin agreed with that.”Bastian said Assistant Attorney General Patricia Cronin of Pierre argued the state's case before the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.Jenner could ask for a rehearing or request that the entire 11-member court hear her case.In its decision, the three appeals court judges said Jenner “was at the police station voluntarily and remained there voluntarily and she repeatedly consented to the continuation of the interview when asked and even made numerous expressions of adesire to help.”Bastien said Jenner could have asked for a lawyer or that the police interview end, but never did so.“She had several opportunities to do so,” he said. “In fact, throughout the interrogation Mrs. Jenner asked the Division of Criminal Investigation agents if there was something they could do that would help her remember.”Bastian said throughout the afternoon and evening Jenner was trying to cooperate. •“The questioning may have been hard and intense, but throughout it all she was asking for assistance in remembering what happened,” he said. “I think it was the main factor in the court agreeing.”Bastian said credit in the case must go to Beadle County Sheriff Tom Beerman, Huron Polioe Chief Jeff Trandall and DCI agents Jerry Lind berg, Fred De-Vaney and Ken Giegling.Abby Jenner was found murdered in her bed the morning of April 5, 1987. She died from at least 70 stab wounds inflicted the previous night.The most dramatic testimony came from DCI agents, who said Jenner suggested to them that she could have “psyched out.” In her interview with Giegling, testimony showed, she volunteered a description of the murder as seen through Abby’s eyes.Testimony showed that when Jenner was reunited with her husband, Lynn, she cried out, “I did it, I did it. Did you help me?” Lynn Jenner denied involvement.When she took the stand, Jenner said she did not kill her daughter, and that her statements to authorities were the result of stress, exhaustion and leading Questioning.But the appeals court disagreed, saying the interview was “completely devoid of physical threats or coercion. Moreover, the interviewing officers used no improperly coercive questioning tactics.”In June 1987, a Beadle County grand jury indicted Jenner for murder. The trial was held in February and March of 1988.Jenner is not eligible for parole unless her life sentence is commuted to a certain number of years by the governor.
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Huron Plainsman
Huron, South Dakota, US
Wed, Jan 06, 1993
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