State v. Weisenstein

MORGAN, Justice.

This action involves a violation of SDCL 22-22-7, which proscribes sexual contact with children under fifteen. 1 Kurtis Lee Weisenstein (Kurtis) was arraigned under a grand jury indictment and pled “not guilty.” The case was tried before a jury and Kurtis was found guilty-as charged. A mitigation, aggravation, and sentencing hearing was held and Kurtis was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment in the South Dakota State Penitentiary with credit for two hundred days served. Kurtis appeals from the judgment of conviction and the sentence. We affirm.

Kurtis attended a small party…