STATE v. GARZA

No. 13736.

337 N.W.2d 823 (1983)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Ruben GARZA, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided August 24, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leroy Hill of Hill & Beets, Belle Fourche, for defendant and appellant; Neil P. Beets of Hill & Beets, Belle Fourche, on brief.

Curtis G. Wilson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and appellee; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Ruben Garza, was convicted by a jury of two counts of second degree rape and sentenced to two consecutive fifteen year terms in the South Dakota penitentiary. We affirm.

On August 3, 1981, T.N., age eight, and her sister, S.N., age five, reported to their mother that appellant, their stepfather, had been sexually molesting them. That same day their mother took them to Dr. Dale Hogan, a physician, for examination. Dr. Hogan testified...

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