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2006 South Dakota Code - 16-12B-8 — Jurisdiction--Acceptance of defaults and trial of certain petty offenses--Acceptanceof pleas--Sentencing.
16-12B-8. Jurisdiction--Acceptance of defaults and trial of certain petty offenses--Acceptance of pleas--Sentencing. A magistrate court with a magistrate judge presiding has concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit courts:
(1) To accept defaults for petty
offenses;
(2) To try contested cases involving a
petty offense;
(3) To take pleas of guilty, not guilty,
nolo contendere for any criminal offense; or
(4) To take pleas of guilty, not guilty,
nolo contendere for violation of any ordinance, bylaw, or other
police regulation of a political subdivision;
if the punishment is a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year, or both such fine and imprisonment and to impose sentence upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere. Acceptance of not guilty or nolo contendere pleas shall be in accordance with §§ 23A-7-2 and 23A-7-8, as applicable.
if the punishment is a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year, or both such fine and imprisonment and to impose sentence upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere. Acceptance of not guilty or nolo contendere pleas shall be in accordance with §§ 23A-7-2 and 23A-7-8, as applicable.
Source: SL 2003, ch 117, § 17.
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