State v. Lewis

DOYLE, Judge.

The defendant was charged with and found guilty of grand larceny by a jury in the Circuit Court of Pennington County, South Dakota. He appeals from the judgment and sentence in the state penitentiary thereon.

In the course of investigating the larceny of a pickup truck, the investigating officers determined the thief wore boots with a distinctive print. The stolen pickup was later found abandoned and the officers followed the distinctive boot prints in fresh snow to the rear door of defendant's mother's dwelling house. The officers were admitted into the home by defendant's mother…