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2021 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 23A - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 24 - Conduct Of Trial
Section 23A-24-4 - Separation or segregation of jurors before submission of case--Oath of officers in charge of jury.
Universal Citation: SD Codified L § 23A-24-4 (2021)
23A-24-4. Separation or segregation of jurors before submission of case--Oath of officers in charge of jury.
At any time before the submission of a case to the jury, a court, in its discretion, may allow the jurors to separate or shall have them kept in charge of proper officers who must be sworn to keep the jurors together until the next meeting of the court, to allow no person (including the officers themselves) to communicate with the jurors on any subject connected with the trial, and to return the jurors to court at the time directed by the court.
Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §34.3647; SDCL, §23-43-44; SL 1978, ch 178, §304.
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