STATE v. SHIELDS

No. 10119.

132 N.W.2d 384 (1965)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. James SHIELDS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

January 8, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Austin, Hinderaker & Hackett, Watertown, for defendant and appellant.

Frank L. Farrar, Atty. Gen., Alfred E. Dirks, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, T. G. Ries, State's Atty., Watertown, for plaintiff and respondent.


HANSON, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of two counts of an Information charging the crime of indecent molestation of a child. The crimes were alleged to have been committed with the same minor girl on two separate and unrelated occasions. The girl was 13 years of age at the time of the offense alleged in Count I and 14 at the time of the offense alleged in Count II. The convicting evidence at the trial consists solely of complainant's testimony. Her testimony is sufficient...

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