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STATE v. WAHLE

No. 12970.

298 N.W.2d 795 (1980)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Steve WAHLE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided November 19, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and appellee; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on the brief.

Thomas E. Alberts of Engel & Alberts, Avon, for defendant and appellant.

MORGAN, Justice.

A Bon Homme County jury found appellant guilty of child abuse in violation of SDCL 26-10-1. The trial court sentenced him to serve two years at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Appellant appeals from that judgment. We affirm.

Appellant and his wife, Carolann, have two children. At the time of the alleged incidents, the allegedly abused child (child) was six years old and in kindergarten.

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