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2006 South Dakota Code - 22-16-32 — Justifiable homicide-Law enforcement officers or at command of officer--Overcoming resistance--Capturing or arresting fleeing felons.
22-16-32. Justifiable homicide-Law enforcement officers or at command of officer-- Overcoming resistance--Capturing or arresting fleeing felons. Homicide is justifiable if committed by a law enforcement officer or by any person acting by command of a law enforcement officer in the aid and assistance of that officer:
(1) If necessarily committed in overcoming
actual resistance to the execution of some legal process, or to the
discharge of any other legal duty; or
(2) If necessarily committed in retaking
felons who have been rescued or who have escaped; or
(3) If necessarily committed in arresting
felons fleeing from justice.
Source: SDC 1939, § 13.2004; SL 1976, ch 158, § 16-9; SL 1977, ch 189, § 43; SL 2005, ch 120, § 163.
Source: SDC 1939, § 13.2004; SL 1976, ch 158, § 16-9; SL 1977, ch 189, § 43; SL 2005, ch 120, § 163.
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