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2011 South Dakota Code
Title 23A CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 27. Sentence And Judgment
§23A-27-43 Mental examination and report before hearing.
SD Codified L § 23A-27-43 (through 2011) What's This?
23A-27-43. Mental examination and report before hearing. Prior to the date of hearing, the court may order that a psychiatric or psychological examination of the defendant be conducted, and that a psychiatric or psychological report be filed with the court pursuant to §§ 23A-46-1 and 23A-46-2. If the report includes an opinion by the examiner that the defendant is presently suffering from a mental disease or defect but that it is not such as to require his custody for care or treatment in a suitable facility, then the report shall also include an opinion by the examiner concerning the sentencing alternatives that best accord the defendant the kind of treatment he does need.
Source: SL 1985, ch 192, § 20; SL 1986, ch 27, § 7.
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