Challenges for cause must be tried by the court. The juror challenged and any other person may be examined as a witness on the trial of the challenge.
S.D. Codified Laws § 15-14-9
Trial of jury challenges for cause--Witnesses
Source: SDC 1939, § 33.1311; SL 1951, ch 185.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.