S.D. Codified Laws § 22-16-2

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 22-16-2 - Corpus delicti-Proof beyond reasonable doubt

No person may be convicted of murder or manslaughter, or of aiding suicide, unless the death of the person alleged to have been killed, and the fact of the killing by the accused are each established as independent facts beyond a reasonable doubt.

SDCL 22-16-2

SDC 1939, § 13.2006; SL 2005, ch 120, §152.