The application shall be heard before any judge of the court in which the conviction took place. A record of the proceedings shall be made and kept. There may be no proceedings on an application by a judge who imposed sentence on the applicant or who otherwise denied him relief concerning the subject matter involved in the application.
S.D. Codified Laws § 21-27-14.1
Judge to hear application
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case State v. Tchida (1984)
Most recently applied in Goodroad v. Weber (November 2003)
Source: SL 1983, ch 169, § 12.
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