2013 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 23A - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 27A - Capital Punishment
§ 23A-27A-13 Reference to similar cases to be included in decision--Death sentence affirmed orset aside--Similar-case records provided to resentencing judge.
23A-27A-13. Reference to similar cases to be included in decision--Death sentence affirmed or set aside--Similar-case records provided to resentencing judge. The court shall include in its decision a reference to those similar cases which it took into consideration. In addition to its authority regarding correction of errors, the court, with regard to review of death sentences, shall be authorized to:
(1) Affirm the sentence of death; or
(2) Set the sentence aside and remand the case for resentencing by the trial judge based on the record and argument of counsel. The records of those similar cases referred to by the Supreme Court in its decision, and the extracts prepared as hereinafter provided for, shall be provided to the resentencing judge for his consideration.
Source: SL 1979, ch 160, § 12.
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