Hearsay is not admissible unless any of the following provide otherwise:
(1) A statute;
(2) These rules; or
(3) Other rules prescribed by the Supreme Court.
S.D. Codified Laws § 19-19-802
Rule against hearsay
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case State v. Abdo (2018)
Most recently applied in State v. Clifford (March 2026)
Source: SL 1979, ch 358 (Supreme Court Rule 78-2, Rule 802); SDCL § 19-16-4; SL 2016, ch 239 (Supreme Court Rule 15-56), eff
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.