STATE v. CLEGG

No. 21751.

635 N.W.2d 578 (2001)

2001 SD 128

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Christopher CLEGG, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided October 24, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Barnett, Attorney General, Craig M. Eichstadt, Deputy Attorney General, Pierre, for plaintiff and appellee.

Mitchell D. Johnson, Rapid City, for defendant and appellant.


KONENKAMP, Justice

[¶ 1.] Defendant pleaded no contest to sexual contact with a child to take the benefit of a plea agreement, whereupon charges for other sexual offenses were dismissed. A court-appointed expert who performed a sex offender evaluation questioned defendant's amenability to rehabilitation because he denied committing any sex offense. Defendant contends that the court in accepting his no-contest plea impermissibly considered his denial of guilt...

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