Section 22-16-33 – Justifiable homicide–Apprehending felon–Suppressing riot–Preserving peace.
22-16-33. Justifiable homicide–Apprehending felon–Suppressing riot–Preserving peace. Homicide is justifiable if necessarily committed in attempting by lawful ways and means to apprehend any person for any felony committed, or in lawfully suppressing any riot, or in lawfully keeping and preserving the peace. Source: SDC 1939, §13.2003 (3); SL 2005, ch 120, §164.
Section 22-16-36 – Suicide defined.
22-16-36. Suicide defined. Suicide is the intentional taking of one’s own life. Source: SDC 1939, §13.1901; SL 1968, ch 31, §1.
Section 22-16-37 – Aiding and abetting suicide–Felony.
22-16-37. Aiding and abetting suicide–Felony. Any person who intentionally in any manner advises, encourages, abets, or assists another person in taking or in attempting to take his or her own life is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Source: SDC 1939, §§13.1902, 13.1903; SDCL, §22-16-38; SL 1968, ch 31, §1; SL 1976, ch 158, §16-7; […]
Section 22-16-39 – Incapability of suicide no defense.
22-16-39. Incapability of suicide no defense. It is no defense to a prosecution for aiding suicide that the person who committed or attempted to commit suicide was not a person deemed capable of committing crime. Source: SDC 1939, §13.1903 as enacted by SL 1968, ch 31, §1.
Section 22-16-40 – Duty of law officers to report suicide attempts.
22-16-40. Duty of law officers to report suicide attempts. Any law enforcement officer who has knowledge that any party has attempted to take his or her own life shall immediately notify the state’s attorney. Source: SL 1968, ch 31, §2; SL 1976, ch 158, §16-8; SL 2005, ch 120, §171.
Section 22-16-41 – Vehicular homicide.
22-16-41. Vehicular homicide. Any person who, while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or substances in a manner and to a degree prohibited by §32-23-1, without design to effect death, operates or drives a vehicle of any kind in a negligent manner and thereby causes the death of another person, including an unborn child, is […]
Section 22-16-7 – Homicide as murder in the second degree.
22-16-7. Homicide as murder in the second degree. Homicide is murder in the second degree if perpetrated by any act imminently dangerous to others and evincing a depraved mind, without regard for human life, although without any premeditated design to effect the death of any particular person, including an unborn child. Source: SDC 1939, §13.2007 […]
Section 22-16-8 – Lack of intent to injure not reducing degree of crime.
22-16-8. Lack of intent to injure not reducing degree of crime. Homicide perpetrated by an act imminently dangerous to others and evincing a depraved mind, without regard for human life, is not the less murder because there was no actual intent to injure others. Source: SDC 1939, §13.2007 (4); SL 2005, ch 120, §157.
Section 22-16-12 – Classification of murder.
22-16-12. Classification of murder. Murder in the first degree is a Class A felony. Murder in the second degree is a Class B felony. Source: SDC 1939, §13.2012; SL 1939, ch 30; SL 1955, ch 28; SL 1976, ch 158, §16-2; SL 1978, ch 349, §9; SL 1980, ch 173, §12.
Section 22-16-15 – Homicide as manslaughter in first degree–Felony.
22-16-15. Homicide as manslaughter in first degree–Felony. Homicide is manslaughter in the first degree if perpetrated: (1)Without any design to effect death, including an unborn child, while engaged in the commission of any felony other than as provided in §22-16-4(2); (2)Without any design to effect death, including an unborn child, and in a heat of […]