State v. Shepley

440 N.W.2d 294 (1989)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee,

v.

Sammy B. SHEPLEY, Jr., Defendant and Appellant.

No. 16112.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Argued January 11, 1989.

Decided April 26, 1989.

Wade A. Hubbard, Asst. Atty. Gen., (Roger A. Tellinghuisen, Atty. Gen., on the brief), Pierre, for plaintiff and appellee.

Patrick M. Schroeder, Minnehaha County Public Defender, Sioux Falls, for defendant and appellant.

WUEST, Chief Justice.

Defendant, Sammy B. Shepley, Jr., was convicted of first degree rape. Following his conviction, defendant filed a motion for a mistrial and a motion for a…