State v. Thomas

HERTZ, Acting Justice.

This is a criminal appeal from a judgment and sentence in Beadle County, entered on a jury verdict, which found the appellant guilty of rape in the third degree and sentenced him to serve a term of ten years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary. We affirm.

On July 31, 1984, Eugene J. Thomas, (Thomas), was charged with three counts of rape pursuant to SDCL 22-22-1(5). The information charged him with raping his step-daughter on three separate occasions in the family home in Huron, South Dakota. Each alleged incident comprised a separate count. Thomas was convicted on…