Charles Russell Rhines death-row appeal set for July

RAPID CITY (AP) — A judge in South Dakota has set a July hearing date for a convicted murderer appealing his death sentence.

According to media reports, Circuit Judge Thomas Trimble set July 23-24 for a final hearing on Charles Russell Rhines petition to appeal his death sentence.

Rhines was sentenced to death in 1993 for stabbing 22-year-old Donnivan Schaeffer to death during a burglary at a Rapid City donut shop.