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S.D. Codified Laws § 16-13-49

Permitting improper communication with jury as misdemeanor

Source: PenC 1877, § 134; CL 1887, § 6334; RPenC 1903, § 140; RC 1919, § 3722; SDC 1939, § 13.1212; SL 1979, ch 150, § 4.

Every officer to whose charge any jury is committed by any court or magistrate, who negligently or intentionally permits them or any one of them:

(1) To receive any communication from any person;

(2) To make any communication to any person;

(3) To obtain or receive any book or paper; or

(4) To leave the jury room without the leave of such court or magistrate first obtained; is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.