Legal Opinion

State v. Willis

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided June 19, 1985No. 14644PublishedCited by 74 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HENDERSON, Justice.

ACTION

This is a criminal appeal from a judgment and sentence in Minnehaha County, entered on a jury verdict, which found Kenneth A. Willis guilty of two alternative counts of rape in the first degree. We affirm.

FACTS

On December 22, 1983, Kenneth A. Willis, defendant-appellant herein, was indicted on four counts of first-degree rape. 1 Arraignment was held the next day and appellant pleaded not guilty. At this time, the State also filed a Habitual Offender Information Part II.

On June 5, 6, and 7, 1984, appellant’s trial was conducted. We reconstruct the following factual…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1959
  2. People v. OliphantMichigan Supreme Court · 1976
  3. State v. EspositoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
  4. State v. DaceSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1983
  5. State v. FaehnrichSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by74 opinions

  1. State v. BurkeSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1987
  2. State v. DokkenSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Grynberg v. Citation Oil & Gas Corp.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1997
  4. State v. ReutterSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
  5. State v. ChampagneSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1988

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