State v. Nelson

310 N.W.2d 777 (1981)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee,

v.

Lyle E. NELSON, Defendant and Appellant.

No. 13328.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Argued May 28, 1981.

Decided October 7, 1981.

Jon R. Erickson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and appellee; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on the brief.

William E. Coester, Milbank, for defendant and appellant.

DUNN, Justice (on reassignment).

Appellant, Lyle Nelson, appeals from a judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict finding him guilty of grand theft. He was sentenced to the state penitentiary for seventeen years. We affirm.

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