Legal Opinion
State v. Erickson
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided December 21, 1994No. 18540PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WUEST, Justice.
Terry Merle Erickson (Erickson) was convicted of having sexual contact with a child, a violation of SDCL 22-22-7. He was sentenced to eight years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary and ordered to pay all counseling costs for the victim. He appeals raising multiple issues. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
FACTS
The alleged sexual contact in this case occurred on May 10, 1992. Victim was ten *706years old at the time. Erickson was forty-five years old. On that date, according to the victim, victim, her mother, mother’s live-in boyfriend (Erickson’s brother), a friend of the…
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