STATE v. ARMSTRONG

No. 25428.

793 N.W.2d 6 (2010)

2010 S.D. 94

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Joshua John ARMSTRONG, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided December 15, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marty J. Jackley , Attorney General, Frank Geaghan , Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for plaintiff and appellee.

N. Bob Pesall , Flandreau, South Dakota, Attorney for defendant and appellant.


SEVERSON, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Joshua John Armstrong was convicted of Sexual Contact with a Person Under Sixteen in violation of SDCL 22-22-7. The trial court admitted evidence of Armstrong's 1999 conviction of Rape in the Third Degree as well as statements he made in group counseling sessions as part of the mandatory prison sex offender counseling program. The trial court also limited Armstrong's cross-examination of the victim regarding allegations of sexual abuse...

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