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STATE v. CHAPIN

No. 16871.

460 N.W.2d 420 (1990)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Rodney Dean CHAPIN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided September 12, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig M. Eichstadt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for appellee; Roger A. Tellinghuisen, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.

Dale A. Wein, Aberdeen, for appellant.

PER CURIAM.

A jury convicted Rodney Dean Chapin (Chapin) of grand theft by receiving stolen property. Chapin's five prior burglary convictions were introduced at trial as "bad act" evidence. We reverse Chapin's conviction and hold that the admission of the prior convictions, under the unique facts presented in this case, constituted an abuse of the trial court's discretion.

FACTS

Between April 26 and May 7, 1988, the Aberdeen home of Craig Bower...

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