Legal Opinion
State v. Perkins
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided July 12, 1989No. 16337PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Justice.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY/ISSUES
Defendant John Perkins (Perkins) was charged by information with three counts of second-degree rape, under SDCL 22-22-1(5), stemming from three incidents involving a female minor. After a Hand County jury convicted Perkins on all three counts, the trial court imposed a sentence of fifteen years in the State Penitentiary and a $10,000 fine for each of the three convictions (total: 45 years, $30,000 in fines). The three sentences were to be served consecutively. Perkins, aged twenty-seven at the time of his trial, appeals his convictions and…
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