STATE v. VAN ROEKEL

No. 17313.

472 N.W.2d 919 (1991)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Douglas Jay VAN ROEKEL, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided July 10, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey P. Hallem, Asst. Atty. Gen., Mark Barnett Atty. Gen., on the brief, Pierre, for plaintiff and appellee.

Drake A. Titze and Cynthia Howard Public Defender's Office, Sioux Falls, for defendant and appellant.


AMUNDSON, Justice.

Douglas J. Van Roekel (Van Roekel) appeals from a judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict convicting him of attempted rape in the first degree and burglary in the first degree. We affirm.

FACTS

On February 3, 1990, Mrs. Dawn Carter (Carter) was working as a supervisor in a Sioux Falls department store. On that date, Carter was six months pregnant. Shortly before 10 p.m. on that night, Van Roekel entered the department store...

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