State v. Devall
South Dakota Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
*373SABERS, Justice.
Devall claims his rape conviction was based on inadmissible hearsay testimony. We agree. Devall also claims character evidence was improperly admitted. We do not agree.
FACTS
During the 1990 homecoming celebration at the University of South Dakota (U.S.D.), Tim Devall (Devall), a former U.S.D. student, saw T.L., a college acquaintance of three years at a bar in Vermillion, South Dakota. She was celebrating Dakota Days with friends. It was after midnight when they met. Both had been drinking prior to the chance meeting.
Devall and T.L. talked for about twenty minutes at the bar.…
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