South Dakota Statutes

§ 22-16-2 — Corpus delicti--Proof beyond reasonable doubt.

South Dakota § 22-16-2
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 22CRIMES
Ch. 22-15HOMICIDE AND SUICIDE

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S.D. Codified Laws § 22-16-2 (2026).

Text

No person may be convicted of murder or manslaughter, or of aiding suicide, unless the death of the person alleged to have been killed, and the fact of the killing by the accused are each established as independent facts beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Legislative History

SDC 1939, § 13.2006; SL 2005, ch 120, § 152.

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