Justices say OK to witness having a stuffed animal

Justices say OK to witness having a stuffed animal

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) -- A circuit judge didn't err in allowing a 19-year-old Sioux Falls man with developmental disabilities to testify at a sexual-contact trial last year while holding a stuffed animal to help him stay calm, according to the South Dakota Supreme Court. A Minnehaha County jury found Larry Gene Richter of Sioux Falls guilty of three counts of the felony crime of sexual contact with a person incapable of consenting, after Richter h…