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16 Children’s Legal Rights Journal [Vol. 36: 1 2016] Texas,184 and Utah185) have had as many as six separate appeals on this issue without creating a formal statute.
184In re D. T.C., 30 S. W.3d 43 (Tex. Ct. App. 2000); Mosby v. State, 703 S.W.2d 714 (Tex. Ct. App. 1985); Rodgers v. State, 17 S.W. 1077 (Tex. Ct. App. 1891).
185State v. Cardell, 982 P.2d 79 (Utah 1999); State v. Harrison, 24 P.3d 936 (Utah 2001); State v. Keeley, 328 P.2d 724 (Utah 1958).
186Holmes v. United States, 171 F.2d 1022 (D.C. Cir. 1948).
189Id. Three other states have allowed for young children to testify while sitting on the lap of their support person: In Georgia, a seven-year old victim was allowed to sit on her mother’s lap while testifying. Murchison v. State, 500 S.E.2d 651, 652 (Ga. Ct. App. 1998). In West Virginia, a six-year-old victim was permitted to testify while sitting on the lap of her foster mother. State v. Jones, 362 S.E.2d 330, 332 (W. Va. 1987). In Wisconsin, a three-year-old victim was allowed to testify while sitting on the lap of her grandmother. State v. Shanks, 644 N.W.2d 275, 279 (Wis. Ct. App. 2002).
190CECI & BRUCK, supra note 6, at 161.
191HALL & SALES, supra note 15, at 27.
192Goodman et al., supra note 95, at 267-68.
193Debra Ann Poole & Maggie Bruck, Divining Testimony? The Impact of Interviewing Props on Children’s Reports of Touching, 32 DEV. REV. 165, 168 (2012).
194Karen L. Thierry et al., Developmental Differences in the Function and Use of Anatomical Dolls During Interviews with Alleged Sexual Abuse Victims, 73 J. OF CONSULTING AND CLINICAL PSYCHOL., 1125, 1132(2005).

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