State v. Engelmann

KONENKAMP, Justice.

Defendant moved before sentencing to withdraw his guilty plea to second degree rape. Finding the circuit court’s denial of the motion an abuse of discretion, we reverse and remand.

Facts

Gary George Engelmann, a physician at Hand County Clinic in Miller, South Dakota, frequently performed gynecological examinations. On July 1,1994, during a pelvic exam, a patient ran out of Engelmann’s examining room to seek help from other members of the clinic staff. She accused him of raping her. In the resulting investigation, the State learned of several more female patients with similar…