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Home » US Law » 2022 South Dakota Codified Laws » Title 23A - Criminal Procedure » Chapter 44 - Miscellaneous Administrative Provisions » Section 23A-44-6 – Trial in one county as bar to prosecution in another.

23A-44-6. Trial in one county as bar to prosecution in another.

When an offense is in the jurisdiction of two or more counties, a conviction or acquittal thereof in one county is a bar to a prosecution thereof in another.

Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §34.0813; SDCL, §23-2-13; SL 1978, ch 178, §539.