§ 22-10A-1 — Definitions.

Terms used in §§ to 22-10A-3 , inclusive, mean: (1) "Street gang," any formal or informal ongoing organization, association, or group of three or more persons who have a common name or common identifying signs, colors, or symbols and have members or associates who, individually or collectively, engage in or have engaged in a pattern of street gang activity; (2) "Street gang member," any person who engages in a pattern of street gang activity and who meets two or more of the following criteria: (a) Admits to gang membership; (b) Is identified as a gang member by a documented reliable informant; (c) Resides in or frequents a particular gang's area and adopts its style of dress, its use of hand signs or its tattoos and associates with known gang members; (d) Is identified as a gang member by an informant of previously untested reliability if such identification is corroborated by independent information; (e) Has been arrested more than once in the company of identified gang members for offenses which are consistent with usual gang activity; (f) Is identified as a gang member by physical evidence, such as photographs or other documentation; or (g) Has been stopped in the company of known gang members four or more times; and (3) "Pattern of street gang activity," the commission, attempted commission, or solicitation by any member or members of a street gang of two or more felony or violent misdemeanor offenses on separate occasions within a three-year period for the purpose of furthering gang activity.

Legislative History

SL 1992, ch 159, § 1; SDCL, §