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Home » US Law » 2022 South Dakota Codified Laws » Title 22 - Crimes » Chapter 16 - Homicide And Suicide » 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.