MILLER, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Larry D. Goodman was convicted of the crime of cruelly punishing a minor, SDCL 26-10-1, and was sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary. We affirm.
FACTS
Appellant occupied a home in Chamberlain, South Dakota, with his girlfriend, Denise Gayken, his eleven-year-old son, Guthrie, and Ms. Gayken's two minor children.
On the night of the offense appellant had been drinking. He had a heated argument...
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