STATE v. STAPLETON

No. 14987.

387 N.W.2d 28 (1986)

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

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided April 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grant Gormley, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and appellee; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.

Douglas E. Kludt of Churchill, Manolis, Freeman & Volesky, Huron, for defendant and appellant.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge.

James S. Stapleton (appellant) was convicted by a Beadle County jury on May 3, 1985, of aggravated assault. Appellant appeals from the judgment of conviction. We affirm.

On the third floor of Kerr Hall, a boys' dormitory on the Huron College Campus, a number of boys were watching television in the dormitory lounge shortly after midnight on April 5, 1985. There were two rows of seats facing the television, one directly in front of the...

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