It is no defense to a prosecution for aiding suicide that the person who committed or attempted to commit suicide was not a person deemed capable of committing crime.
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-16-39
Incapability of suicide no defense
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Grooms (1971)
Most recently applied in State v. Grooms (May 1971)
Source: SDC 1939, § 13.1903 as enacted by SL 1968, ch 31, § 1.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.