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STATE v. HOUGHTON

No. 12415.

272 N.W.2d 788 (1978)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Steven Ellis HOUGHTON, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Opinion, December 19, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Dorothy, Asst. Minnehaha County State's Atty., Sioux Falls, for plaintiff and appellant.

Laird Rasmussen of Dana, Golden, Moore & Rasmussen, Sioux Falls, for defendant and respondent.

DUNN, Justice.

This case involves an appeal1 from an intermediate order of the trial court ruling that collateral evidence of other alleged rapes would not be admissible in the present rape prosecution. We affirm.

On June 17, 1977, defendant Houghton was charged by indictment with the rape2 of one B. S. On January 4, 1978, the trial court held a hearing on the state's motion for a pre-trial ruling as...

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