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2016 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 19 - EVIDENCE
Chapter 19 - South Dakota Rules of Evidence
§ 19-19-401 Test for relevant evidence.

SD Codified L § 19-19-401 (2016) What's This?

19-19-401. Test for relevant evidence. Evidence is relevant if:

(a) It has any tendency to make a fact more or less probable than it would be without the evidence; and

(b) The fact is of consequence in determining the action.
Source: SL 1979, ch 358 (Supreme Court Rule 78-2, Rule 401); SDCL ยง 19-12-1; SL 2016, ch 239 (Supreme Court Rule 15-24), eff. Jan. 1, 2016.

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