Any adult confined in a county or municipal jail who intentionally throws, smears, spits, or otherwise causes blood, vomit, saliva, mucus, semen, excrement, urine, or human waste to come in contact with a county or municipal jail employee, or visitor, or other person authorized by the county or municipal jail to be on the premises, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-18-29
Assault by adult prisoner in county or municipal jail--Intentionally causing contact with bodily fluids or human waste--Felony
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Reeves (2021)
Most recently applied in State v. Reeves (November 2021)
Source: SL 1997, ch 130, § 6; SL 1998, ch 133, § 1; SL 1999, ch 118, § 1; SL 2005, ch 120, § 15.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.