South Dakota Statutes

§ 22-16-7 — Homicide as murder in the second degree.

South Dakota § 22-16-7
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 22CRIMES
Ch. 22-15HOMICIDE AND SUICIDE

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S.D. Codified Laws § 22-16-7 (2026).

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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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