South Dakota § 22-48-1 Definitions.

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§ 22-48-1 — Definitions.

South Dakota § 22-48-1

Title 22CRIMES

Ch. 22-48VICTIM IMMUNITY

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Terms used in this chapter mean:

(1)"Convicted," includes a finding of guilt, whether or not the adjudication of guilt is stayed or executed, an unwithdrawn judicial admission of guilt or guilty plea, a no contest plea, a judgment of conviction, an adjudication as a delinquent child, or an admission to a juvenile delinquency petition;

(2)"Course of criminal conduct," includes the acts or omissions of the perpetrator in carrying out the crime of which convicted or of a victim in resisting criminal conduct;

(3)"Crime," includes an offense named in §§ 22-11-3 , 22-11-4 , 22-11-6 , 22-11-9.1 , 22-16-4 , 22-16-7 , 22-16-15 , 22-16-20 , 22-18-1 , 22-18-1.1 , 22-19-1 , 22-19A-1 , 22-19A-2 , 22-22-1 , 22-22-7 , 22-30-1 , 22-30A-4 , 22-32-1 , 22-32-3 , 22-32-8 , chapter 22-33 , or an at

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Terms used in this chapter mean: (1) "Convicted," includes a finding of guilt, whether or not the adjudication of guilt is stayed or executed, an unwithdrawn judicial admission of guilt or guilty plea, a no contest plea, a judgment of conviction, an adjudication as a delinquent child, or an admission to a juvenile delinquency petition; (2) "Course of criminal conduct," includes the acts or omissions of the perpetrator in carrying out the crime of which convicted or of a victim in resisting criminal conduct; (3) "Crime," includes an offense named in §§ 22-11-3 , 22-11-4 , 22-11-6 , 22-11-9.1 , 22-16-4 , 22-16-7 , 22-16-15 , 22-16-20 , 22-18-1 , 22-18-1.1 , 22-19-1 , 22-19A-1 , 22-19A-2 , 22-22-1 , 22-22-7 , 22-30-1 , 22-30A-4 , 22-32-1 , 22-32-3 , 22-32-8 , chapter 22-33 , or an attempt to commit any of these offenses. The term includes a crime in other states which would have been within this definition if the crime had been committed in this state; (4) "Perpetrator," any person who has been convicted of a crime as defined in subdivision (3); (5) "Victim," a person who was the object of a perpetrator's criminal conduct and includes a person at the scene of an emergency who gives reasonable assistance to another person who is exposed to or has suffered grave physical harm.