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2019 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 22 - Crimes
Chapter 03 - Parties To Crimes
§ 22-3-3.1 Distinction between accessory before the fact and principal abrogated.
Universal Citation: SD Codified L § 22-3-3.1 (2019)
22-3-3.1. Distinction between accessory before the fact and principal abrogated. The distinction between an accessory before the fact and a principal, and between principals in the first and second degree, in cases of felony, is abrogated. Any person connected with the commission of a felony, whether that person directly commits the act constituting the offense or aids and abets in its commission, though not present, shall be prosecuted, tried, and punished as a principal.
Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 34.0504; SDCL, § 23-10-3; SL 1978, ch 185, § 2; SL 2005, ch 120, § 373.
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