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2011 South Dakota Code
Title 23A CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 03. (Rule 4.1) Arrest
§23A-3-19 Definition of fresh pursuit in intrastate felony arrests.
SD Codified L § 23A-3-19 (through 2011) What's This?
23A-3-19. Definition of fresh pursuit in intrastate felony arrests. The term "fresh pursuit" as used in §§ 23A-3-17 to 23A-3-19, inclusive, shall include fresh pursuit as defined by the common law and also the pursuit of a person who has committed a felony or who is reasonably suspected of having committed a felony in this state. It shall also include the pursuit of a person suspected of having committed a supposed felony in this state, though no felony has actually been committed, if there is reasonable ground for so believing. Fresh pursuit as used here shall not necessarily imply instant pursuit, but pursuit without unreasonable delay.
Source: SL 1941, ch 153, § 3; SDC Supp 1960, § 34.16A04; SDCL, § 23-22-38; SL 1978, ch 178, § 33.
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