State v. Sieler

GILBERTSON, Circuit Judge.

ACTION

A Davison County jury convicted William Ray Sieler (defendant) of sexual contact with a minor under the age of fifteen years. SDCL 22-22-7. He raises two issues on appeal. We affirm both.

FACTS

Defendant and Nancy Schrank (mother) are the natural parents of D.S. (daughter). Daughter was placed in mother’s custody when her parents were divorced in 1979. Mother remarried and mother and daughter set up housekeeping with stepfather in Mt. Vernon, South Dakota.

In June 1983, daughter went to Michigan to live with defendant. Daughter lived with him until December 1983,…