Opinion ID: 2177500
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Text: This is a criminal appeal from the denial of a motion to suppress and a judgment of conviction for unlawful telephone calls entered by the Circuit Court, Fourth Judicial Circuit, on August 2, 1983. We affirm. Appellant Brian Phinney was prosecuted for violation of SDCL 49-31-31, which forbids a variety of unlawful telephone calls, the information being filed May 6, 1983. A motion to suppress certain telephone identification procedures was filed on June 13, 1983. The motion was denied, the circuit court concluding that the identification was not impermissibly suggestive. Trial by jury was waived, and the case was tried to the circuit court. Phinney was found guilty and sentenced to 90 days in jail, 60 days suspended upon certain conditions.