SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO)– A man who crashed into a house, killing two teenagers in 2024, is now appealing his sentence after it was reduced.
Damion Laurelez has now filed an appeal of his sentence, for the 30 years he would serve, to the South Dakota Supreme Court, according to court records.
When a person involved in a legal action believes that the judge in the circuit court has made an error in deciding the law of the case, that party may bring the case to the Supreme Court for reconsideration. This is called an appeal. Everyone has the right to appeal to the South Dakota Supreme Court, with the exception of magistrate cases…