State v. Watkins

WiOLLMAN, Judge.

This is an appeal by the defendant, Charles Wesley Watkins, from his conviction on a charge of grand larceny by a Minnehaha County jury on May 21, 1970. He contends that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel and that the trial court erred in giving a certain instruction to the jury.

Defendant was released from the South Dakota State Penitentiary at 9 o’clock a. m. February 25 ,1970, after completing a sentence on a charge of robbery. After visiting h'is mother’s home, defendant started drinking sometime during the course of the day, apparently to celebrate his…