State v. Ellefson

287 N.W.2d 493 (1980)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

Richard ELLEFSON, Defendant and Appellant.

No. 12675.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Argued November 8, 1979.

Decided January 16, 1980.

Rehearing Denied February 21, 1980.

Leann Larson Finke, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and respondent; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.

Thomas K. Wilka of Burns, Hagen & Wilka, Sioux Falls, for defendant and appellant.

FOSHEIM, Justice.

A jury found the defendant guilty of the crime of rape stemming from sexual intercourse with a child under the age of fifteen years. He…