STATE v. CARLSON

No. 12438.

283 N.W.2d 406 (1979)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Mark CARLSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Filed September 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Elizabeth Ganje, Asst. Atty. Gen., Aberdeen, for plaintiff and respondent; William J. Janklow, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.

Judith K. Meierhenry, of Meierhenry, DeVany, Krueger & Meierhenry, Vermillion, for defendant and appellant.


WOLLMAN, Chief Justice.

Defendant appeals from his conviction on a charge of grand larceny. We reverse.

On June 19, 1977, defendant returned to his home in Vermillion to find that his stereo receiver had been stolen. After notifying the police, he began his own investigation. He narrowed his list of suspects to one person, Terry Struse, and drove to Struse's home. Struse was not at home when defendant arrived. Defendant's knock on the door was answered by...

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