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2019 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 22 - Crimes
Chapter 30A - Theft
§ 22-30A-10.1 Return of stolen property considered in mitigation of punishment--Return not a defense.
Universal Citation: SD Codified L § 22-30A-10.1 (2019)
22-30A-10.1. Return of stolen property considered in mitigation of punishment--Return not a defense. If any person, who has been accused of theft, restores or returns the property allegedly stolen before an indictment or information is laid before a magistrate, such fact may be considered in mitigation of punishment. The restoration or return of the property is not a defense nor may it be considered by the finder of fact.
Source: SL 1977, ch 189, § 58; SL 1986, ch 183, § 1; SL 2005, ch 120, § 60.
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