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STATE v. GOFF

No. 12863.

292 N.W.2d 311 (1980)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. James GOFF, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided May 14, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori S. Wilbur, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and appellee; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.

Ralph C. Hoggatt, Deadwood, for defendant and appellant.

FOSHEIM, Justice.

A Meade County jury returned a verdict of guilty against the defendant on a charge of grand theft. This appeal is from the judgment of conviction. We reverse.

In August of 1978, James Goff requested Dorothy I. Gapp and her husband, John E. Gapp, to help him with his financial problems. Specifically, a bank at Billings, Montana, was about to repossess his 1972 Chevrolet automobile for delinquent payments. On September 18, 1978, Dorothy Gapp...

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