STATE v. KLEIN

No. 16349.

444 N.W.2d 16 (1989)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Ronald John KLEIN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided July 12, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann C. Meyer, Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiff and appellee; Roger A. Tellinghuisen, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on the brief.

Shawn Jensen Pahlke, Office of Public Defender, Rapid City, for defendant and appellant.


MILLER, Justice.

In this appeal we affirm convictions for burning to defraud an insurer and attempted theft by deception and hold that the trial court did not abuse its discretion by admitting evidence of appellant's prior crimes, wrongs and bad acts.

FACTS

In April 1987, the Rapid City Fire Department received a smoke investigation call concerning a residence. Appellant Ronald John Klein was the owner and sole occupant of the house. Upon their arrival...

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