South Dakota Statutes
§ 22-16-7 — Homicide as murder in the second degree.
South Dakota § 22-16-7
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Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-16-7 (2026).
Text
Homicide is murder in the second degree if perpetrated by any act imminently dangerous to others and evincing a depraved mind, without regard for human life, although without any premeditated design to effect the death of any particular person, including an unborn child.
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Legislative History
SDC 1939, § 13.2007 (2); SL 1980, ch 173, § 10; SL 2005, ch 120, § 156.
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Bluebook (online)
South Dakota § 22-16-7, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/22-16-7.