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2013 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 23A - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 27A - Capital Punishment
§ 23A-27A-14 Life imprisonment when death penalty held unconstitutional.


SD Codified L § 23A-27A-14 (2013) What's This?

23A-27A-14. Life imprisonment when death penalty held unconstitutional. In the event the death penalty for a Class A felony is held to be unconstitutional by the South Dakota Supreme Court or the United States Supreme Court, the court having jurisdiction over a person previously sentenced to death for a Class A felony shall have such person brought before the court, and the court shall sentence such person to life imprisonment.

Source: SL 1979, ch 160, § 16.

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