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2021 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 23A - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 25 - Jury Instructions And Deliberations
Section 23A-25-12 - Court open for other business during jury deliberations--Discharge of jury by final adjournment.
Universal Citation: SD Codified L § 23A-25-12 (2021)
23A-25-12. Court open for other business during jury deliberations--Discharge of jury by final adjournment.
While a jury is absent a court may adjourn from time to time to conduct other business, but it is nevertheless deemed open for every purpose connected with a case submitted to a jury until a verdict is rendered or the jury is discharged. Final adjournment of a court discharges the jury.
Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §34.3659; SDCL, §23-45-4; SL 1978, ch 178, §319.
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