State v. Grooms

DUNN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction and sentence for grand theft pursuant to SDCL 22-30A-1, SDCL 22-30A-17(1), and SDCL 23-9-13.1. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

On March 17,1979, Daniel Grooms (appellant), along with two accomplices, Lyle Nelson and Marsha Lord, stole a hotse trailer in Mandan, North Dakota. Two days later, after returning to South Dakota, they left the trailer at a trailer business near Estel-line. Shortly thereafter, they were apprehended by police. Following a jury trial, appellant was convicted of grand theft and sentenced to…