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2021 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 23A - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 25 - Jury Instructions And Deliberations
Section 23A-25-2 - Duty to receive law laid down by court.
Universal Citation: SD Codified L § 23A-25-2 (2021)
23A-25-2. Duty to receive law laid down by court.
Although jurors have the power to find a general verdict, which includes questions of law as well as of fact, they are bound, nevertheless, to receive as law that which is laid down as such by the court.
Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §34.3629; SDCL, §23-44-21; SL 1978, ch 178, §308.
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