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2019 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 22 - Crimes
Chapter 04 - Attempts To Commit Crime
§ 22-4-1 Attempt--Punishment.
Universal Citation: SD Codified L § 22-4-1 (2019)
22-4-1. Attempt--Punishment. Unless specific provision is made by law, any person who attempts to commit a crime and, in the attempt, does any act toward the commission of the crime, but fails or is prevented or intercepted in the perpetration of that crime, is punishable for such attempt at maximum sentence of one-half of the penalty prescribed for the underlying crime. However, any person who attempts to commit a Class A, Class B, or Class C felony is guilty of a Class 2 felony.
Source: SDC 1939, § 13.0401; SL 1972, ch 137; SL 1976, ch 158, § 4-1; SL 2005, ch 120, § 377.
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