South Dakota Statutes

§ 22-18-3 — Lawful force in arrest and delivery of felon.

South Dakota·Title 22 CRIMES·Ch. 22-15 ASSAULTS AND PERSONAL INJURIES
To use or attempt to use or offer to use force or violence upon or toward the person of another is not unlawful if necessarily committed by any person in arresting someone who has committed any felony or in delivering that person to a public officer competent to receive him or her in custody.

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Swedlund v. Foster
2003 SD 8 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2003)
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Legislative History

SDC 1939, § 13.2402 (2); SL 2005, ch 120, § 7.

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