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STATE v. HERRALD

No. 12170.

269 N.W.2d 776 (1978)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Richard HERRALD, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided September 6, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter H. Lieberman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and respondent; William J. Janklow, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on the brief.

Randal E. Connelly, Pennington County Asst. Public Defender, Rapid City, for defendant and appellant.

PORTER, Justice.

CASE SUMMARY

This is an appeal from a conviction for grand larceny in violation of SDCL 22-37-1 and 22-37-2.1 Defendant urges that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the jury verdict. We hold that the State's evidence, while circumstantial, was sufficient to support a rational theory of defendant's guilt, and we therefore affirm his conviction.

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