23A-27-15. Suspension of sentence as conviction for purposes of habitual offender law.
For the sole purposes of consideration of the sentence of a defendant for subsequent offenses or the determination of whether the defendant is an habitual offender under chapter 22-7, the fact of suspension of imposition of sentence under §23A-27-13, whether or not discharge and dismissal have occurred, shall be considered a prior conviction.
Source: SDCL, §23-57-4; SL 1977, ch 197; SL 1978, ch 178, §345.