PEOPLE EX REL. J.H.

No. 24561.

756 N.W.2d 549 (2008)

2008 SD 88

The PEOPLE of the State of South Dakota in the Interest of J.H., Minor Child, and Concerning B.H. and J.H., Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided September 10, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence E. Long, Attorney General, John Strohman, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellee State of South Dakota.

Michael J. Butler, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Attorney for appellants J.H., Minor Child and B.H. & J.H., Respondents.


KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] J.H. was a champion wrestler and a captain on the Parker High School wrestling team. After the school term ended, several of the younger and smaller wrestlers told an investigator that before practice sessions and while on bus trips J.H. inserted his finger or fingers into their rectums. The investigation ultimately resulted in a juvenile delinquency petition. In the adjudicatory hearing, J.H. said that he never intended to insert his...

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