State v. Traversie

HENDERSON, Justice.

ACTION/FACTS

This is a criminal appeal arising from an Amended Judgment of Conviction which sentenced Richard A. Traversie (Traversie), appellant-defendant herein, to 35 years’ imprisonment for First-Degree Burglary, Petty Theft, and being an Habitual Offender. We affirm.

On the evening of November 15, 1984, a trailer house was burglarized in Pierre, South Dakota, and a radio-cassette player and tapes were taken. About 9:30 that same evening, this radio-cassette player was seen in Traversie’s possession at a drinking party which eventually lasted two days. When the cups were…