23A-20-25. Alternating peremptory challenges.
Following examination of the jurors called for examination pursuant to §23A-20-3, the parties, commencing with the prosecuting attorney, shall alternately exercise their peremptory challenges on the clerk’s list. A peremptory challenge may not be waived.
Source: CCrimP 1877, §342; CL 1887, §7369; RCCrimP 1903, §349; RC 1919, §4867; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §34.3622; SDCL, §23-43-41; SL 1978, ch 178, §256.