by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, South Dakota
Prosecuting attorneys may at all times appear before the grand jury for the purpose of giving information or advice or interrogating witnesses relative to any matter cognizable by it. Prosecuting attorneys, the witness under examination and his counsel, interpreters...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, South Dakota
In case of incurable, chronic mania or dementia of either spouse having existed for five years or more, while under confinement by order of a court of record or of the Board of Mental Illness as provided by law, the court may in its discretion grant a divorce.SDCL...
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 grand jury may at all reasonable times ask the advice of the court or of the prosecuting attorney.SDCL 23A-5-10 SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 34.1222; SDCL, § 23-30-7; SL 1972, ch 147, § 1; SL 1978, ch 178, § 51.
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, South Dakota
Any divorce or separate maintenance which has been granted without the personal appearance of a party is hereby legalized and validated.SDCL 25-4-17.4 SL 1987, ch 187, § 2.
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, South Dakota
A motion to dismiss an indictment may be based on objections to the array or on the lack of legal qualifications of an individual juror, if not previously determined upon challenge. An indictment shall not be dismissed on the ground that one or more members of the...
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