High Court Bars Expert Testimony in Rapid City Murder Case

The South Dakota Supreme Court has barred a forensic psychiatrist from testifying in the upcoming murder trial of Timothy Huante, charged with killing Dallas Quick Bear at a Rapid City bar in 2022. Huante confessed during a post‑polygraph interview but claimed it was coerced. The circuit court previously allowed expert Dr. Stephen Manlove to testify about false confessions but restricted him from applying his opinions to the case. The Supreme Court ruled the testimony unreliable and unhelpful to a jury, noting it lacked scientific support and conflicted with earlier findings. The case now returns to circuit court without the expert testimony.