STATE v. SPRONK

No. 14857.

379 N.W.2d 312 (1985)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Arlan Dale SPRONK, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided December 24, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Patricia C. Riepel, Minnehaha County Public Defender, Sioux Falls, for defendant and appellant.


FOSHEIM, Chief Justice.

Arlan Dale Spronk (Spronk) was found guilty of sexual contact with a child under age 15 and of child abuse. We remand for appropriate findings of fact and conclusions of law.

The charges arose from an alleged incident in early 1984. Spronk offered to babysit a 3½year old girl for an afternoon while her mother, Spronk's friend, was recuperating from surgery. After returning home, the child complained that her "bottom" hurt and that...

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