South Dakota Statutes
§ 22-16-2 — Corpus delicti--Proof beyond reasonable doubt.
South Dakota § 22-16-2
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Bluebook
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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Related
State v. Hoadley
2002 SD 109 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2002)
State v. Seidschlaw
304 N.W.2d 102 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1981)
State v. Feuillerat
292 N.W.2d 326 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1980)
State v. Goulding
2011 S.D. 25 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2011)
State v. Nelson
272 N.W.2d 817 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1978)
State v. Plastow
2015 SD 100 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2015)
Legislative History
SDC 1939, § 13.2006; SL 2005, ch 120, § 152.
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Bluebook (online)
South Dakota § 22-16-2, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/22-16-2.