State v. Olson

WOLLMAN, Justice.

Defendant appeals from his conviction on a charge of assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury.

On the evening of Saturday, March 13, 1971, defendant and his wife, Sandra Jean Olson, drove from their home in Volga, South Dakota, to Arlington, South Dakota, where they spent the remainder of the evening in the company of friends at a bottle club known as the Trail Inn. Defendant, who was then 27, and his wife, who was then 21, had been married some 18 months and had one child.

According to Sandra’s testimony, defendant became angry with her during the course of the…