2016 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 19 - EVIDENCE
Chapter 19 - South Dakota Rules of Evidence
§ 19-19-806 Attacking and supporting the declarant.
19-19-806. Attacking and supporting the declarant. When a hearsay statement--or a statement described in subdivision 19-19-801(d)(2)(C), (D), or (E)--has been admitted in evidence, the declarant's credibility may be attacked, and then supported, by any evidence that would be admissible for those purposes if the declarant had testified as a witness. The court may admit evidence of the declarant's inconsistent statement or conduct, regardless of when it occurred or whether the declarant had an opportunity to explain or deny it. If the party against whom the statement was admitted calls the declarant as a witness, the party may examine the declarant on the statement as if on cross-examination.
Source: SL 1979, ch 358 (Supreme Court Rule 78-2, Rule 806); SDCL ยง 19-16-37; SL 2016, ch 239 (Supreme Court Rule 15-60), eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
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