M. S. K. v. State

Hall, Presiding Judge.

M. S. K., an eleven-year-old black boy, came before the Effingham County Juvenile Court judge on charges of having touched two eleven-year-old white girls, who were dressed in pants, in the genital area. He did not contest the statements of the two girls, one of whom said it had happened other times before; but neither of the girls said he had kicked or otherwise hurt them, whereas M. S. K. and his two witnesses seemed to testify to some kicking. The record of the hearing indicates that M. S. K. had not been generally thought to be a behavior problem; that his teacher…