State v. Swan
South Dakota Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
KONENKAMP, Justice.
[¶ 1.] Defendant was convicted of multiple counts of child rape and one count of sexual contact with a child. He now challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, contending that the testimony related to a date not charged in the indictment and the State’s proof was too general to support the verdicts. Because defendant has failed to show any unfair consequence from the testimony, we affirm.
Background
[¶ 2.] Isaac Swan married Dawn Swan and adopted Dawn’s daughter, T.S., born June 27, 1990. Two other children were later born of their union. In 2001, Swan became the director of…
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