South Dakota Statutes
§ 22-5-1 — Conduct forced or under threat of force.
South Dakota § 22-5-1
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Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-5-1 (2026).
Text
No person may be convicted of a crime based upon conduct in which that person engaged because of the use or threatened use of unlawful force upon himself, herself, or another person, which force or threatened use of force a reasonable person in that situation would have been lawfully unable to resist.
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Related
State v. Miller
313 N.W.2d 460 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1981)
State v. Johnson
320 N.W.2d 142 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1982)
State v. Rome
426 N.W.2d 19 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1988)
State v. Bowers
498 N.W.2d 202 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1993)
Legislative History
SDC 1939, § 13.0501; SL 1976, ch 158, §
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Bluebook (online)
South Dakota § 22-5-1, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/22-5-1.