STATE v. ROLFE

No. 26724.

851 N.W.2d 897 (2014)

2014 S.D. 47

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. John A. ROLFE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided July 16, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marty J. Jackley , Attorney General, Ann C. Meyer , Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for plaintiff and appellee.

Ellery Grey , Grey Law, Rapid City, South Dakota, Attorneys for defendant and appellant.


GILBERTSON, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1.] A jury convicted Defendant and Appellant John Rolfe on three counts of first-degree rape of a minor and twelve counts of possessing, manufacturing, or distributing child pornography. In his first appeal, this Court determined that the trial court improperly closed Rolfe's trial to the public without making sufficient findings on the record to support the closure. We remanded the case to allow the trial court to enter supplemental...

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