S.D. Codified Laws § 22-7-8

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 22-7-8 - Three or more additional felony convictions including one or more crimes of violence-Enhancement of sentence

If a defendant has been convicted of three or more felonies in addition to the principal felony and one or more of the prior felony convictions was for a crime of violence as defined in subdivision 22-1-2(9), the sentence for the principal felony shall be enhanced to the sentence for a Class C felony.

SDCL 22-7-8

SDC 1939, § 13.0611; SDCL, § 22-7-1; SL 1976, ch 158, § 7-3; SL 1977, ch 189, § 19; SL 1981, ch 13, § 4; SL 1984, ch 166, § 1; SL 2005, ch 120, §384.