A judge is disqualified from acting as a judge, but shall suffer no loss of salary, while there is pending an indictment or an information charging him with a crime punishable as a felony under South Dakota or federal law, or a recommendation to the Supreme Court by the commission for his removal or retirement.
S.D. Codified Laws § 16-1A-10
Status of judge pending criminal, removal or retirement proceedings
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Matter of Heuermann (1976)
Most recently applied in Matter of Heuermann (March 1976)
Source: SL 1973, ch 136, § 11.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.