by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, South Dakota
Whenever challenges to individual grand jurors are allowed, the court shall make an order to the sheriff, deputy sheriff, or coroner, to summon without delay, from the residents of the county, a sufficient number of persons to complete or to form a grand jury. A grand...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, South Dakota
Either the prosecuting attorney or a defendant may challenge the array of grand jurors on the ground that a grand jury was not selected, drawn or summoned in accordance with law and may challenge an individual grand juror on the ground that the juror is not legally...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, South Dakota
The following oath shall be administered to the foreperson of the grand jury: Do you, as foreperson of the grand jury, swear or affirm that you will diligently inquire into and make indictments of all public offenses against the state about which you have or can...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, South Dakota
If a grand jury is discharged by an allowance of a challenge to the panel, or if an offense is committed during the sitting of the court after the discharge of a grand jury, or if after such discharge a new indictment becomes requisite by reason of an arrest of...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, South Dakota
The court shall appoint one of the jurors to be foreman and another to be deputy foreman. The foreman shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations and shall sign all indictments. During the absence of the foreman, the deputy foreman shall act as foreman and...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, South Dakota
The circuit court shall order one or more grand juries to be summoned only when it appears to the circuit judge’s satisfaction that a grand jury is necessary or desirable for the investigation of public offenses or misconduct in office. A grand jury shall...
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