It is no defense to a prosecution for perjury that the accused did not know the materiality of the false statement, or that the false statement did not in fact affect the proceeding in or for which the false statement was made. It is sufficient that the false statement was material and might have been used to affect such proceeding.
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-29-4
Lack of knowledge of materiality of statement no defense
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Danielson (2012)
Most recently applied in State v. Danielson (May 2012)
Source: SDC 1939, § 13.1242; SL 2005, ch 120, § 33.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.