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Man seeks execution in South Dakota

DEADWOOD, South Dakota (AP) -- A man set to die by injection, would be the first to be executed in South Dakota in 59 years.

Elijah Page, 24, has asked to fire his lawyer, forgo appeals and die by injection for his role in the March 13, 2000, slaying of 19-year-old Chester Poage. Page and two other men beat, stabbed and tortured Poage in Higgins Gulch near Spearfish in the Black Hills of western South Dakota.

Page, of Athens, Texas, should find out at a hearing Monday if the same judge who handed down his death sentence will grant his request.

Judge Warren Johnson of Deadwood had ordered a mental evaluation before considering Page's request.

"If the results show you're competent to make the decisions, I will be inclined to honor your decision," Johnson told Page at a May hearing.

Defense lawyer Mike Butler has said he thinks Page's decision to end his appeals might be equivalent to a suicide attempt.

Page's execution already is set for the week of August 28 at the state penitentiary in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The state Supreme Court has upheld his death sentence.
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