STATE v. CHAMPAGNE

No. 15680.

422 N.W.2d 840 (1988)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Clarence CHAMPAGNE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided May 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Coit, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and appellee; Roger A. Tellinghuisen, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.

A. Thomas De Vito Jr., Eagle Butte, for defendant and appellant.


WUEST, Chief Justice.

Defendant, Clarence Champagne, appeals his conviction on two counts of sexual contact with a child in violation of SDCL 22-22-7. We affirm.

At trial, the victim, A.P., testified as to three alleged instances of sexual contact. The first incident occurred between July 4 and July 30, 1985 (Count III) when A.P. was fourteen. On that occasion the defendant took A.P. to a swimming area in a pickup truck. When they got back in the truck to...

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