23A-10A-2. Incompetent person cannot be tried, sentenced or punished.
A person cannot be tried, sentenced, or punished for any public offense while he is mentally incompetent to proceed.
Source: CCrimP 1877, §514; CL 1887, §7564; RCCrimP 1903, §543; RC 1919, §4793; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §34.2001; SDCL, §23-38-1; SL 1978, ch 175, §1.